Audio and Sound

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Audio noun - The audible part of a transmitted signal.

Usage example: they always raise the audio for commercials

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Sound is a synonym for audio. In some cases you can use "Sound" instead the word "Audio" as a noun or an adjective.

Nearby Word: auditory

Sound noun - The audible part of a transmitted signal.

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Audio is a synonym for sound. You can use "Audio" instead the word "Sound" as a noun or an adjective.

Nearby Words: sounded, soundness, soundly, sounding, sounder

The Atari ST and MSX also used a PSG audio chip, though later versions of the Atari ST also included a PCM audio codec for rudimentary speech and sound effects support.

Source: Useful Notes / Gaming Audio
In recent years, sound cards supporting 24-bit samples have shown up, along with some audio standards that use them, such as DVD-Audio.

Source: Useful Notes / WAV Audio
It was also around this time that onboard audio became accepted as a sound source by gamers, and by 2013 no one was making sound cards for consumers anymore.

Source: Useful Notes / IBM Personal Computer

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