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Computing | Sound card A plug-in optional circuit card for an IBM PC. It provides high-quality stereo sound output under program control. A "multimedia" PC usually includes a sound card. One of the best known is the Sound Blaster. [Other kinds?] (1995-03-01). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
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A typical sound card includes a sound chip usually featuring a digital to analog converter that converts recorded or generated digital waveforms of sound into an analog format. This signal is led to a (earphone-type) connector where a cable to an amplifier or similar sound destination can be plugged in.
Also, a sound card has a "line in" connector where the sound signal from a cassette tape recorder or similar sound source can be connected to. The sound card can digitize this signal and store it (controlled by the corresponding computer software) on the computer's hard disk.
The third external connector a typical sound card has, is used to connect a microphone directly. Its sound can be recorded to hard disk or otherwise processed (for example, by speech recognition software or for Voice over IP).
One of the first manufacturers of sound cards for the IBM PC was AdLib. This set the de facto-standard until Creative Labs produced the Sound Blaster card.
Early soundcards could not record and play simultaneously. Most soundcards are now full-duplex.
In the late 1990s, many computer manufacturers began to replace plug-in soundcards with a codec integrated into the motherboard. Many of these used Intel's AC97 specification.
To use a sound card, a certain operating system typically requires a specific device driver.
Driver architecture
See also
Originally based on a FOLDOC entry
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sound card."
Crosswords: SOUND CARD |
| Specialty definitions using "SOUND CARD": Matrix Math eXtensions ♦ Packard Bell Electronics, Inc. ♦ RealAudio ♦ southbridge ♦ wavetable. (references) |
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| Language | Translations for "SOUND CARD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | lydkort. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | geluidskaart. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | äänikortti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | carte sonore. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Tonkarte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | scheda sonora. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oundsay ardcay placa de som. (various references) tarjeta de sonido (soundcard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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"SOUND CARD" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sdound card. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-n-o-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: candours. | |
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| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-d-n-o-r-s-u" | |
+3 letters: cotransduced. | |
+4 letters: radionuclides, undiscouraged. | |
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