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Digital Compact Cassette, the Glossary

Digital Compact Cassette (DCC) is a magnetic tape sound recording format introduced by Philips and Matsushita Electric in late 1992 and marketed as the successor to the standard analog Compact Cassette.^[1]

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Audiovisual introductions in 1992

Amsterdam

Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands.

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Analog signal

An analog signal is any continuous-time signal representing some other quantity, i.e., analogous to another quantity.

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Analog-to-digital converter

In electronics, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC, A/D, or A-to-D) is a system that converts an analog signal, such as a sound picked up by a microphone or light entering a digital camera, into a digital signal.

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ATRAC

Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding (ATRAC) is a family of proprietary audio compression algorithms developed by Sony. Digital Compact Cassette and ATRAC are Audiovisual introductions in 1992.

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Audio Home Recording Act

The Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 (AHRA) amended the United States copyright law by adding Chapter 10, "Digital Audio Recording Devices and Media".

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Backward compatibility

In telecommunications and computing, backward compatibility (or backwards compatibility) is a property of an operating system, software, real-world product, or technology that allows for interoperability with an older legacy system, or with input designed for such a system.

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Bit

The bit is the most basic unit of information in computing and digital communication.

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Bit rate

In telecommunications and computing, bit rate (bitrate or as a variable R) is the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time.

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Bulletin board system

A bulletin board system (BBS), also called a computer bulletin board service (CBBS), was a computer server running software that allowed users to connect to the system using a terminal program.

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Cassette demagnetizer

A Maxell HE-44 cassette type demagnetizer A cassette demagnetizer is a device that removes the magnetic field that accumulates during the use of audio cassettes in cassette decks. Digital Compact Cassette and cassette demagnetizer are audio storage.

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Cassette tape

The Compact Cassette, also commonly called a cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. Digital Compact Cassette and cassette tape are audio storage.

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CD-i

The Compact Disc-Interactive (CD-I, later CD-i) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed and marketed by Dutch company Philips and Japanese company Sony. Digital Compact Cassette and cD-i are audio storage.

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CD-ROM

A CD-ROM (compact disc read-only memory) is a type of read-only memory consisting of a pre-pressed optical compact disc that contains data computers can read—but not write or erase—CD-ROMs.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Compact disc

The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was codeveloped by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings.

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Consumer Electronics Show

CES (formerly an initialism for Consumer Electronics Show) is an annual trade show organized by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).

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Data compression

In information theory, data compression, source coding, or bit-rate reduction is the process of encoding information using fewer bits than the original representation. Digital Compact Cassette and data compression are digital audio.

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Digital Audio Broadcasting

Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) is a digital radio standard for broadcasting digital audio radio services in many countries around the world, defined, supported, marketed and promoted by the WorldDAB organisation.

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Digital Audio Tape

Digital Audio Tape (DAT or R-DAT) is a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony and introduced in 1987. Digital Compact Cassette and Digital Audio Tape are audio storage and digital audio.

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Digital radio

Digital radio is the use of digital technology to transmit or receive across the radio spectrum. Digital Compact Cassette and digital radio are digital audio.

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Digital recording

In digital recording, an audio or video signal is converted into a stream of discrete numbers representing the changes over time in air pressure for audio, or chroma and luminance values for video.

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Dot-matrix display

A dot-matrix display is a low-cost electronic digital display device that displays information on machines such as clocks, watches, calculators, and many other devices requiring a simple alphanumeric (and/or graphic) display device of limited resolution.

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Eindhoven University of Technology

The Eindhoven University of Technology (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven), abbr. TU/e, is a public technical university in the Netherlands, situated in Eindhoven.

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Eindhovens Dagblad

Eindhovens Dagblad is a daily Dutch newspaper based in the city of Eindhoven.

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Electromagnetic induction

Electromagnetic or magnetic induction is the production of an electromotive force (emf) across an electrical conductor in a changing magnetic field.

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Floppy disk

A floppy disk or floppy diskette (casually referred to as a floppy, a diskette, or a disk) is a type of disk storage composed of a thin and flexible disk of a magnetic storage medium in a square or nearly square plastic enclosure lined with a fabric that removes dust particles from the spinning disk.

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Fourteen-segment display

A fourteen-segment display (FSD) (sometimes referred to as a starburst display or Union Jack display) is a type of display based on 14 segments that can be turned on or off to produce letters and numerals.

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Giant magnetoresistance

Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) is a quantum mechanical magnetoresistance effect observed in multilayers composed of alternating ferromagnetic and non-magnetic conductive layers.

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Grundig

Grundig is a consumer electronics manufacturer owned by Arçelik A.Ş., the white goods (major appliance) manufacturer of Turkish conglomerate Koç Holding.

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Hard disk drive

A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.

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Helical scan

Helical scan is a method of recording high-frequency signals on magnetic tape, used in open-reel video tape recorders, video cassette recorders, digital audio tape recorders, and some computer tape drives.

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I²S

Inter-Integrated Circuit Sound (I²S, pronounced "eye-squared-ess") is a serial interface protocol for transmitting two-channel, digital audio as pulse-code modulation (PCM) between integrated circuit (IC) components of an electronic device.

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IBM

International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries.

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IBM PC–compatible

IBM PC–compatible computers are technically similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT, all from computer giant IBM, that are able to use the same software and expansion cards.

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Iron(III) oxide

Iron(III) oxide or ferric oxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Fe2O3.

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Kilobit

The kilobit is a multiple of the unit bit for digital information or computer storage.

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List of magnetic tape cartridges and cassettes

Magnetic tape cartridge and magnetic tape cassette both refer to a small plastic unit containing a length of magnetic tape on at least one reel.

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Magnetoresistance

Magnetoresistance is the tendency of a material (often ferromagnetic) to change the value of its electrical resistance in an externally-applied magnetic field.

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Marantz

Marantz is a company that develops and sells high-end audio products.

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Megabit

The megabit is a multiple of the unit bit for digital information.

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Megabyte

The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.

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MiniDisc

MiniDisc (MD) is an erasable magneto-optical disc-based data storage format offering a capacity of 60, 74, and later, 80 minutes of digitized audio. Digital Compact Cassette and MiniDisc are audio storage, Audiovisual introductions in 1992, digital audio and Discontinued media formats.

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MPEG-1 Audio Layer I

MPEG-1 Audio Layer I, commonly abbreviated to MP1, is one of three audio formats included in the MPEG-1 standard.

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OnStream

OnStream Holdings, Inc., was a Dutch computer hardware company that manufactured magnetic tape data storage products.

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Optical disc packaging

Optical disc packaging is the packaging that accompanies CDs, DVDs, and other formats of optical discs.

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Panasonic

is a Japanese multinational electronics company, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan.

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Parallel port

In computing, a parallel port is a type of interface found on early computers (personal and otherwise) for connecting peripherals.

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Personal computer

A personal computer, often referred to as a PC, is a computer designed for individual use.

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Philips

Koninklijke Philips N.V., commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891.

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Photolithography

Photolithography (also known as optical lithography) is a process used in the manufacturing of integrated circuits.

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Psychoacoustics

Psychoacoustics is the branch of psychophysics involving the scientific study of sound perception and audiology—how the human auditory system perceives various sounds.

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Pulse-code modulation

Pulse-code modulation (PCM) is a method used to digitally represent analog signals. Digital Compact Cassette and Pulse-code modulation are digital audio.

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Q (magazine)

Q was a popular music magazine.

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RadioShack

RadioShack (formerly written as Radio Shack) is an American electronics retailer which was established in 1921 as an amateur radio mail-order business.

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Random-access memory

Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of electronic computer memory that can be read and changed in any order, typically used to store working data and machine code.

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Reed–Solomon error correction

Reed–Solomon codes are a group of error-correcting codes that were introduced by Irving S. Reed and Gustave Solomon in 1960.

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Reformatorisch Dagblad

The Reformatorisch Dagblad ("Reformed Daily") is a Dutch Protestant newspaper with a circulation of around 60,000, headquartered in Apeldoorn.

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S/PDIF

S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a type of digital audio interface used in consumer audio equipment to output audio over relatively short distances.

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Serial Copy Management System

The Serial Copy Management System (SCMS) is a copy protection scheme that was created in response to the digital audio tape (DAT) invention, in order to prevent DAT recorders from making second-generation or serial copies.

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Sony

, formerly known as and, commonly known as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

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Sound card

A sound card (also known as an audio card) is an internal expansion card that provides input and output of audio signals to and from a computer under the control of computer programs.

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Tandy Corporation

Tandy Corporation was an American family-owned leather-goods company based in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.

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Tape recorder

An audio tape recorder, also known as a tape deck, tape player or tape machine or simply a tape recorder, is a sound recording and reproduction device that records and plays back sounds usually using magnetic tape for storage. Digital Compact Cassette and tape recorder are audio storage.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Compact_Cassette

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