| A | B |
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| MIDI | Format for creating and/or playing music with instruments using synthesizers and sound cards. |
| MPEG | The standard for compression and storage of audio and motion video for use on the World Wide Web. |
| RM | Typically stores a movie clip; the player is generally supported by many different computers and operating systems. |
| WMV | A generic name for the set of proprietary streaming video technologies developed by Microsoft. |
| AU | A sound file format created by Sun systems for UNIX-based computers. |
| WAV | File format was developed jointly by Microsoft and IBM as the standard format for sound on Windows-based computers. |
| AVI | Video quality can be very good at smaller resolutions, but files tend to be rather large. Not recommended for use over the Internet. |
| MP3 | Layer-3. Compression scheme used to transfer audio files via the Internet and store in portable players and digital audio servers. |
| MOV | A movie or video file in Apple's QuickTime format. |
| WMA | An audio compression format similar to MP3, but with digital rights management built-in by Microsoft. |
| FLV | Video format for Flash video. |
