JACK Audio Connection Kit

<p>JACK Audio Connection Kit (or JACK; a <a href="/facts/Recursive_acronym/xuAHUPW6">recursive acronym</a>) is a professional <a href="/facts/Sound_server/SbTFARMx">sound server</a> <a href="/facts/Application_programming_interface/GMlN4vUr">API</a> and pair of <a href="/facts/Daemon_(computing)/bzuEVGGX">daemon</a> implementations to provide real-time, <a href="/facts/Low-latency/6Bjhn30H">low-latency</a> connections for both audio and MIDI data between applications. JACK was developed by a community of open-source developers led by <a href="/facts/Paul_Davis_(programmer)/KcmMhYzg">Paul Davis</a> (who won an Open Source Award in 2004 for this work) and has been a key piece of infrastructure and the <a href="/facts/De_facto_standard/TRELHVwI">de facto standard</a> for professional audio software on Linux since its inception in 2002. The server is <a href="/facts/Free_software/IaoVtJXn">free software</a>, licensed under <a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GPL-2.0-or-later</a>, while the library is licensed under <a href="/facts/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License/AXwkz9x3">LGPL-2.1-or-later</a>.
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JACK Audio Connection Kit