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Technical terminology
ID3 tag
“Table of contents” for an MP3 track.
Contains information such as title, artist,
album, year and genre.
Loudness
Improves sound at low volumes by
increasing bass and treble.
Micro-drive
Hard disk in Compact Flash II format
In response to constant minimisation in
the size of multi-media formats, IBM
developed the smallest hard disk in the
world, the micro-drive. Although it is the
same size as a Compact Flash II memory
card, it conceals a real hard disk. It can be
purchased in various capacity ratings.
MP3
Special process for compressing audio
data (e.g. music).
Off-road
Warning from the navigation system
if you are in an area not covered by the
digital road map.
PTT
(Push To Talk)
Describes the initiation of voice dialogue
in voice mode.
PTY ID
(Programme Type ID)
Identification of the programme trans-
mitted by a station.
Possible PTYs are:
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&KLOGUHQtV3URJV abbreviated to &KLOGUHQ
• &RXQWU\0XVLF abbreviated to &RXQWU\
• &XOWXUHV abbreviated to &XOWXUHV
• &XUUHQW$IIDLUV abbreviated to $IIDLUV
• 'RFXPHQWDU\
• 'UDPD abbreviated to 'UDPD
• (DV\/LVWHQLQJ abbreviated to (DV\0
• (GXFDWLRQ
• )LQDQFH abbreviated to )LQDQFH
• )RON0XVLF
•
,QIRUPDWLRQ abbreviated to ,QIR
• -D]]0XVLF
•
/HLVXUH+REE\
•
/LJKW&ODVVLF0 abbreviated to /LJKW0
• 1DWLRQDO0XVLF abbreviated to 1DWLRQDO0
• 1HZV abbreviated to 1HZV
• 2OGLHV0XVLF abbreviated to 2OGLHV
• 2WKHU0XVLF abbreviated to 2WKHU0
• 3KRQH,Q abbreviated to 3KRQH,Q
• 3RS0XVLF abbreviated to 3RS0
• 5HOLJLRQ
• 5RFN0XVLF abbreviated to 5RFN0
• 6FLHQFH abbreviated to 6FLHQFH
• 6HULRXV&ODVVLF0 abbreviated to &ODVVLFV
• 6RFLDO$IIDLUV
•
6SRUW
•
7UDYHO7RXULQJ abbreviated to 7UDYHO
• 9DULHG6SHHFK abbreviated to 9DULHG
• :HDWKHU