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 | | Analog audio is converted to digital using sampling techniques, whereby a "snapshot' is taken of the audio signal, its amplitude is measured and described numerically, and the resulting number is stored. |
 | | A programming methodology in which every element in a program is self-contained, having within itself all the data and instructions that operate on that data that are appropriate for that object. |
 | | A standard means of encoding audio information in a digital format by sampling the amplitude of the audio waveform at regular intervals and representing that sample as a digital numeric value. |
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