| Keyword | Definition |
|---|---|
| amplitude | a measure of how loud or quiet a sound is at any moment in time |
| audio stream | a sequence of bits that represents sound by describing the amplitude of each sample in turn |
| bit | an individual binary digit (0 or 1) |
| bit rate | the number of bits that are needed to represent each second of sound |
| sample rate | the number of samples recorded every second |
| sample size | the number of bits that are need to represent each individual sample |