What EXACTLY does "mp3" stand for/mean?

Answer 1

MP3 is an acronym for MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 audio layer 3. MP3 is the file extension for MPEGaudio layer 3. Layer 3 is one of three coding schemes (layer 1, layer 2 and layer 3) for the compression of audio signals. Layer 3 uses perceptual audio coding and psychoacoustic compression to remove all superfluous information (more specifically, the redundant and irrelevant parts of a sound signal.)

Oh, and MPEG stands for Motion Picture Experts Group.

Answer 2

"Mpeg-1 audio layer 3"

I remember when I first heard of mp3s. I was like, "what the heck is that". I also couldn't understand why music wasn't being transferred across the internet before mp3s. But then I realized that mp3s made it possible for songs to be very small, which means they're easier to transfer from one place to another over the internet.

Answer 3

MP is taken from the Motion Pictures Experts Group who created the mpeg format of audio/video compression decompression Software, better known as codec.

MP3 is the third of that series created for greater audio clarity.

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Answer 4

here you go strait out of wikipedia.
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 German engineers who worked in the framework of the EUREKA 147 DAB digital radio research program, and it became an ISO/IEC standard in 1991.

Answer 5

I think the mp means music player, but i dont know what the 3 means