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WAV

Last Updated May 24, 2021 1:58 pm

The format for storing sound in files developed jointly by Microsoft and IBM. Support for WAV files was built into Windows 95 making it the de facto standard for sound on PCs. WAV sound files end with a.wav extensionand can be played by nearly all Windows applications that support sound.

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