2006-10-15 19:14:39 · 3 answers · asked by aishwarya 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
mp3 actually stands for MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3...MPEG are a standard that encodes both video and audio...Motion Picture Experts Group.
2006-10-15 19:24:40 · answer #1 · answered by feanor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a popular digital audio encoding and lossy compression format, designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent audio, yet still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio to most listeners. It was invented by a team of European engineers who worked in the framework of the EUREKA 147 DAB digital radio research program, and it became an ISO/IEC standard in 1991.
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2006-10-23 14:30:56 · answer #2 · answered by Sammy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mp3 is compressed sound file (decreased quality=smaller file, increased quality=larger file)
it's usually used only for audio
2006-10-15 22:15:38 · answer #3 · answered by Hippy of 21st Century - Jargouss 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋