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Glossary Terms Equalizer - A device or function that allows the user to control sound quality by increasing or decreasing the scale values for different frequency ranges using slide bars, and so on. MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3) - An international standard established by the MPEG, which is a working group under the ISO (International Standardization Organization). Files are compressed to one-tenth to one-twelfth under this compression method. Portable Media Center - An operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation and incorporated into the gigabeat®. Also called "Windows Mobile Software for Portable Media Centers." Portable Media Center allows the user to transfer music, images, video and recorded TV programs to the gigabeat® from a computer and play the transferred data. Windows Mobile is provided as a platform for mobile devices installed with Portable Media Center. WAV - A Microsoft® Windows® standard non-compressed audio file. Windows Media® Audio (WMA) - An audio compression coding system developed by Microsoft Corporation, or an audio file created in the WMA format. 113

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Glossary
Terms
Equalizer
— A device or function that allows the user to control
sound quality by increasing or decreasing the scale values for
different frequency ranges using slide bars, and so on.
MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3)
— An international standard
established by the MPEG, which is a working group under the ISO
(International Standardization Organization). Files are compressed
to one-tenth to one-twelfth under this compression method.
Portable Media Center
— An operating system developed by
Microsoft Corporation and incorporated into the gigabeat
®
. Also
called “Windows Mobile Software for Portable Media Centers.”
Portable Media Center allows the user to transfer music, images,
video and recorded TV programs to the gigabeat
®
from a computer
and play the transferred data.
Windows Mobile is provided as a
platform for mobile devices installed with Portable Media Center.
WAV
— A Microsoft
®
Windows
®
standard non-compressed audio file.
Windows Media
®
Audio (WMA)
— An audio compression coding
system developed by Microsoft Corporation, or an audio file created
in the WMA format.