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4n: Describe how sounds are represented as sequences of bits

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Data Representation
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KeywordDefinition
amplitudea measure of how loud or quiet a sound is at any moment in time
audio streama sequence of bits that represents sound by describing the amplitude of each sample in turn
bitan individual binary digit (0 or 1)
bit ratethe number of bits that are needed to represent each second of sound
sample ratethe number of samples recorded every second
sample sizethe number of bits that are need to represent each individual sample
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