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Freedb, the Glossary

Freedb was a database of user-submitted compact disc track listings, where all the content was under the GNU General Public License.^[1]

33 relations: Asunder (software), Audiograbber, CD ripper, CDDB, CDex, Cdrdao, Compact disc, Database, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Exact Audio Copy, Flat-file database, Foobar2000, Fre:ac, GNU General Public License, Gracenote, Grip (software), Hash function, Heise (company), Internet, JetAudio, List of online music databases, Magix, Media player software, MediaMonkey, Mp3tag, MusicBrainz, Proprietary software, Puddletag, Quod Libet (software), Relational database, User-generated content, UTF-8, Wired (magazine).
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Internet properties disestablished in 2020

Asunder (software)

Asunder is a free and open-source graphical (GTK 2) audio CD ripper program for Unix-like systems.

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Audiograbber

Audiograbber is a proprietary freeware CD audio extractor/converter program for Microsoft Windows.

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A CD ripper, CD grabber, or CD extractor is software that rips raw digital audio in Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA) format tracks on a compact disc to standard computer sound files, such as WAV or MP3.

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CDDB

CDDB, short for Compact Disc Database, is a database for software applications to look up audio CD (compact disc) information over the Internet. Freedb and CDDB are online music and lyrics databases.

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CDex

CDex is a free software package for Digital Audio Extraction from Audio CD (a so-called CD ripper) and audio format conversion for Microsoft Windows.

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Cdrdao

cdrdao (“CD recorder disc-at-once”) is a free and open source utility software application for authoring and ripping of audio and data CD-ROMs.

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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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Database

In computing, a database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software that interacts with end users, applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze the data.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is an international non-profit digital rights group based in San Francisco, California.

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Exact Audio Copy

Exact Audio Copy (EAC) is a CD ripping program for Microsoft Windows.

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Flat-file database

A flat-file database is a database stored in a file called a flat file.

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Foobar2000

foobar2000 (often abbreviated as fb2k or f2k) is a freeware audio player for Microsoft Windows, iOS, Android and macOS developed by Peter Pawłowski.

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Fre:ac

fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD extractor for Windows, Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD, distributed under the GPL-2.0-or-later.

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GNU General Public License

The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a series of widely used free software licenses, or copyleft, that guarantee end users the four freedoms to run, study, share, and modify the software.

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Gracenote

Gracenote, Inc. is a company and service that provides music, video, and sports metadata and automatic content recognition (ACR) technologies to entertainment services and companies worldwide. Freedb and Gracenote are online music and lyrics databases.

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Grip (software)

Grip is a free CD player and CD ripper.

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Hash function

A hash function is any function that can be used to map data of arbitrary size to fixed-size values, though there are some hash functions that support variable length output.

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Heise (company)

Heise (officially Heise Gruppe) is a German media conglomerate headquartered in Hanover.

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Internet

The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.

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JetAudio

JetAudio is a shareware media player application for Microsoft Windows and Android released in 1997 which offers playback options for a wide range of multimedia file formats.

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List of online music databases

Below is a table of online music databases that are largely free of charge. Freedb and List of online music databases are online music and lyrics databases.

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Magix

Magix (or MAGIX Software) is a German software company specializing in video editing, audio editing, DAW and photo slideshow software.

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Media player software is a type of application software for playing multimedia computer files like audio and video files.

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MediaMonkey is a digital media player and media library application developed by Ventis Media Inc., for organizing and playing audio on Microsoft Windows and Android operating systems.

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Mp3tag

Mp3tag is a metadata tag editor that supports many popular audio file formats.

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MusicBrainz

MusicBrainz is a MetaBrainz project that aims to create a collaborative music database that is similar to the freedb project. Freedb and MusicBrainz are American music websites, free-content websites and online music and lyrics databases.

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Proprietary software

Proprietary software is software that grants its creator, publisher, or other rightsholder or rightsholder partner a legal monopoly by modern copyright and intellectual property law to exclude the recipient from freely sharing the software or modifying it, and—in some cases, as is the case with some patent-encumbered and EULA-bound software—from making use of the software on their own, thereby restricting their freedoms.

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Puddletag

Puddletag is a graphical audio file metadata editor ("tagger") for Unix-like operating systems.

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Quod Libet (software)

Quod Libet is a cross-platform free and open-source audio player, tag editor and library organizer.

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Relational database

A relational database (RDB) is a database based on the relational model of data, as proposed by E. F. Codd in 1970.

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User-generated content

User-generated content (UGC), alternatively known as user-created content (UCC), is generally any form of content, such as images, videos, audio, text, testimonials, and software (e.g. video game mods), that has been posted by users on online content aggregation platforms such as social media, discussion forums and wikis.

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UTF-8

UTF-8 is a variable-length character encoding standard used for electronic communication.

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Wired (magazine)

Wired (stylized in all caps) is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics.

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References

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

Also known as Freedb.org, Gnudb.