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digital radio

(Encyclopedia) digital radio, audio broadcasting in which an analog audio signal is converted into a digital signal before being transmitted; also known as digital audio broadcasting (DAB) and high-…

Morita, Akio

(Encyclopedia) Morita, AkioMorita, Akioäkˈēō môrˈētä [key], 1921–99, Japanese business executive, b. Nagoya, Japan. The eldest son of a successful sake brewer, Morita joined Masaru Ibuka to found…

tape recorder

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Magnetic tape-recording system tape recorder, device for recording and replaying of sound, video, and digital information on plastic (usually polyester) or paper tape. The tape…

Copyrights

Source: Excerpted from Copyright Basics (Circular 1), U.S. Copyright Office.What Works Are ProtectedWhat Is Not ProtectedGeneral PrinciplesNotice of CopyrightCopyright RegistrationCopyright…

Goodbye, Napster

Appeals court rules against Internet music site Napster by David Johnson   This article was posted on July 28, 2000. Napster co-founder, Shawn Fanning, after a federal judge shut down…

modulation, in communications

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Modulation modulation, in communications, process in which some characteristic of a wave (the carrier wave) is made to vary in accordance with an information-bearing signal…

sound recording

(Encyclopedia) sound recording, process of converting the acoustic energy of sound into some form in which it can be permanently stored and reproduced at any time. In 1855 the inventor Leon Scott…