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Recording formats

A recording format is a format

Format

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for encoding

Encoder

An encoder is a device, circuit, transducer, software program, algorithm or person that converts information from one format or code to another for the purposes of standardization, speed, secrecy, security, or saving space by shrinking size....
data for storage on a storage medium.

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A recording format is a format

Format

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for encoding

Encoder

Cylinder-head-sector

Cylinder-head-sector, also known as CHS, was an early method for giving addresses to each physical block of data on a hard disk drive. In the case of floppy drives, for which the same exact diskette medium can be truly disk formatting to different capacities, this is still true....
on a disk, or user/audience information (content

Content

Content or contents, is something that is contained. The term may refer to:* Content , the highest common factor of the coefficients of a polynomial...
) such as analog

Analog signal

An analog or analogue signal is any continuous function Signal for which the time varying feature of the signal is a representation of some other time varying quantity, i.e analogous to another time varying signal....
stereo

STEREO

STEREO is a Sun observation mission which was launched on 26 October 2006 at 00:52 GMT. Two nearly identical spacecraft were launched into orbits that cause them to pull respectively further ahead of and fall gradually behind the earth....
audio

Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
. Multiple levels of encoding may be achieved in one format. For example, a text encoded page may contain HTML

HTML

HTML, an Acronym and initialism of HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for Web pages. It provides a means to describe the structure of text-based information in a document?by denoting certain text as links, headings, paragraphs, lists, and so on?and to supplement that text with interactive forms, embedded '...
and XML encoding, combined in a plain text

Plain text

In computing, plain text is a term used for an ordinary "unformatted" sequential file readable as textual material without much processing.The Character encoding has traditionally been either ASCII, one of its many derivatives such as ISO/IEC 646 etc., or sometimes EBCDIC....
file format, using either EBCDIC

EBCDIC

Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code is an 8-bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems such as z/OS, OS/390, VM and VSE , as well as IBM midrange computer operating systems such as OS/400 and i5/OS ....
or ASCII

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange , is a coding standard that can be used for interchanging information, if the information is expressed mainly by the written form of English words....
character encoding, on a UDF

Universal Disk Format

The Universal Disk Format is a format specification of a file system for storing files on Optical disc. It is an implementation of the ISO/IEC 13346 standard ....
digital

Digital

A digital system uses discrete values, usually but not always symbolized numerically to represent information for input, processing, transmission, storage, etc....
ly formatted disk.

In electronic media

Electronic media

Electronic media are media that utilize electronics or electromechanical energy for the end user to access the content. This is in contrast to static media , which are most often Desktop publishing, but don't require electronics to be accessed by the end user in the printed form....
, the primary format is the encoding that requires hardware

Hardware

Hardware is a general term that refers to the physical cultural artifacts of a technology. It may also mean the physical components of a computer system, in the form of computer hardware....
to interpret (decode) data; while secondary encoding is interpreted by secondary signal processing

Signal processing

Signal processing is the analysis, interpretation, and manipulation of signal . Signals of interest include: audio signal processing, , time-varying measurement values and sensor data, for example biological data such as electrocardiograms, control system signals, telecommunication transmission signals such as radio signals, and many others....
methods, usually computer software

Computer software

Computer software, or just software is a general term used to describe a collection of computer programs, Algorithm and Software documentation that perform some tasks on a computer system....
.

Recording container formats

A container format is a system for dividing physical storage space or virtual space for data. Data space can be divided evenly by a system of measurement

Systems of measurement

A system of measurement is a set of units which can be used to specify anything which can be measured and were historically important, regulated and defined because of trade and internal commerce....
, or divided unevenly with meta data. A grid

Grid

'Grid' may refer to:In 'entertainment and media':* The Grid * The Grid * Grid , the eighth original album by the Japanese band m.o.v.e.* ...
may divide physical or virtual space with physical or virtual (dividers) borders, evenly or unevenly. Just as a physical container (such as a file cabinet) is divided by physical borders (such as drawer

Drawer

A drawer is a component of a piece of furniture that is most often shaped as a short, wide topless box and is used for storage. It is generally part of another, larger piece of furniture—such as a chest of drawers—and may be pulled out from it partway or most of the way to access its contents....
s and file folder

File folder

A file folder or folder is a kind of folder that holds loose papers together for organization and protection. File folders usually consist of a sheet of heavy paper stock or other thin, but stiff, material which is folded in half, and are used to keep paper documents....
s), data space is divided by virtual borders. Meta data such as a unit of measurement, address

Address (geography)

An address is a code and abstract concept expressing the fixed location of a home, business or other building on the earth's surface....
, or meta tags act as virtual borders in a container format. A template may be considered an abstract format for containing a solution as well as the content itself.

Systems of measurement

Metric system
Metric system

The metric system is an international decimalised systems of measurement, founded by France in 1791, that is the common system of Unit of measurement used by most of the world....
Geographic coordinate system
Geographic coordinate system

A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates, using mainly a Spherical coordinates#Spherical coordinates....
Page grid

Film formats
Audio data format
Audio format

An audio format is a medium for storing sound and music. The term is applied to both the physical recording media and the recording formats of the Audio frequency – in computer science it is often limited to the audio file format, but its wider use usually refers to the physical method used to store the data....
Video tape format
Disk format
File format
File format

A file format is a particular way to encode information for storage in a computer file.Since a disk drive, or indeed any computer storage, can store only bits, the computer must have some way of converting information to 0s and 1s and vice-versa....
Meta data

Text formatting
Formatted text

Formatted text, styled text or rich text, as opposed to plain text, has styling information beyond the minimum of semantic elements: colours, styles , sizes and special features ....
Template
Template

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Data structure
Data structure

A data structure in computer science is a way of storing data in a computer so that it can be used efficiently. It is an organization of mathematical and logical concepts of data....

Raw content formats

A raw content format is a system of converting data to information

Information

Information as a Conveyed concept has a diversity of meanings, from everyday usage to technical settings. Generally speaking, the concept of information is closely related to notions of constraint, communication, control system, data, form, instruction, knowledge, Meaning , stimulation, pattern, perception, and knowledge representation....
. Raw content formats may either be recorded in secondary signal processing methods such as a software container format (e.g. digital audio

Digital audio

Digital audio uses digital signals for sound reproduction. This includes Analog-to-digital converter, Digital-to-analog converter, storage, and transmission....
, digital video

Digital video

Digital video is a type of video recording system that works by using a digital rather than an analog signal video signal.The terms camera, video camera, and camcorder are used interchangeably in this article....
) or recorded in the primary format. A primary raw content format may be directly observable

Information processing

Information processing is the change of information in any manner detectable by an observation. As such, it is a Process which describes everything which happens in the universe, from the falling of a rock to the printing of a text file from a digital computer system....
(e.g. image

Image

An image is an artifact, usually two-dimensional , that has a similar appearance to some subject —usually a physical object or a person....
, sound

Sound

Sound is vibration transmitted through a solid, liquid, or gas, composed of frequencies within the range of hearing and of a threshold of hearing to be heard, or the sensation stimulated in organs of hearing by such vibrations....
, motion

Motion (physics)

In physics, motion means a constant change in the location of a body. Change in motion is the result of applied force. Motion is typically described in terms of velocity, acceleration, Displacement , and time....
, smell

Odor

An odor or odour is a volatilized chemical compound, generally at a very low concentration, that humans or other animals perceive by the sense of olfaction....
, sensation

Haptic

Haptic technology refers to technology that interfaces to the user via the sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations, and/or motions to the user....
) or physical

Physics

Physics is the natural science which examines basic concepts such as energy, force, and spacetime and all that derives from these, such as mass, charge, matter and its Motion ....
data which only requires hardware to display it, such as a phonograph

Phonograph

The record player, phonograph or gramophone was the most common device for playing Sound recording and reproduction sound from the 1870s through the 1980s....
ic needle and diaphragm

Diaphragm (acoustics)

In a loudspeaker, a diaphragm is the thin, semi-rigid artificial membrane attached to the voice coil, which moves in a magnetic gap, vibrating the diaphragm, and producing sound....
or a projector

Projector

Projector may refer to:* Video projector, a device that projects a video signal from computer, home theater system etc.* Movie projector, a device that projects moving pictures from a filmstrip...
lamp

List of light sources

This is a list of sources of light, including both natural and artificial sources, and both processes and devices....
and magnifying glass

Magnifying glass

A magnifying glass is a Lens #Types of lenses which is used to produce a magnification of an object. The lens is usually mounted in a frame with a handle ....
.