Acustica Stiinta sunteului (The science of sound)

44.1kHz: The sampling rate of Compact Disc (CD) players. This sampling
frequency was originally chosen to be compatible with U-matic video tape
machines which had either a 25 or 30Hz frame rate, i.e. 25 and 30 are both
factors of 44100.
44.056kHz: The sampling rate of Compact Disc (CD) players. was originally
chosen to be compatible with U-matic video tape machines which had either
a 25 or 30Hz frame rate, i.e. 25 and 30 are both factors of 44100. When
master recording was done on a 29.97Hz frame rate video machine, this
required the sampling rate to be modified to a nearby number that was a
factor of 29.97, i.e. 44.056kHz. This sampling rate is redundant now.
4.76cm/s: The tape speed of compact cassette players, and also of digital
compact cassette players (DCC Digital Compact Cassette).
1.4112 Mbits/sec: The bit rate of a CD player sampling at fs = 44100Hz,
with 2 (stereo) channels and 16 bits per sample.
2 bits: American slang for a quarter (dollar)
48kHz: The sampling rate of digital audio tape (DAT) recorders, and the
sampling rate used by most professional audio systems
GIF - Graphic Interchange Format.
GSM - Global System For Mobile Communications (Group Speciale Mobile).
http - Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
ISO - International Organisation for Standards
JPEG - Joint Photographic Expert Group
MD - Mini-Disc.
MMSE - Minimum Mean Squared Error
MPEG - Moving Picture Experts Group
RAM - Random access memory.
WMA - Weighted Moving Average.
WWW - World Wide Web.
CPU - Central Processing Unit
EBU - European Broadcast Union