Creative NOMAN Jukebox 3, User Manual

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Glossary A-2
Glossary
Useful terms to
know This section provides you with a brief explanation of functional terms, technology and abbreviations
used or referred to in this manual.
1394
IEEE 1394 is a high-speed input/output technology for connecting devices to a computer. While similar
to USB, IEEE 1394 is more suited to high-speed multimedia devices such as video camcorders,
synthesizers, hard disks and other mass data storage media. IEEE 1394 supports data transfer rates of up
to 400 Mbps or 400 million bits per second. Like USB, IEEE 1394 offers incredible convenience with
“hot swap” capability. This means that you do not have to turn off or restart your computer when
attaching or detaching your 1394 device. You can connect up to 63 devices to a single port.
Your player uses Creative’s SB1394 standard, which is compliant with IEEE 1394. See 1394.
Advanced EQ
See Equalization.
AIFF
The Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) is an audio file format developed by Apple Computer. AIFF
files tend to be as large as WAV files.
Analog audio
Non-digital audio. An example of an analog audio source is a cassette tape, or a vinyl record. Making an
analog recording from an analog source, for example, duplicating a cassette recording using a cassette
recorder, can result in imperfect recordings. Subsequent analog recordings from the first analog
recording usually suffer a progressive reduction in quality. See "Digital audio" on page A-4 for a
comparison.
Analog Line-In
Record audio from an analog source by using this connector. The connector accepts both analog or
optical line-in sources, automatically detecting whether the source is analog or optical.
See "Optical Line-In"