WAV

Waveform Audio File Format (WAVE, or WAV due to its <a href="/facts/Filename_extension/cJgfAym4">filename extension</a>; pronounced /wæv/ or /weɪv/ ) is an <a href="/facts/Audio_file_format/hLgkfATf">audio file format</a> standard for storing an audio <a href="/facts/Bitstream/Pf9oGYyY">bitstream</a> on <a href="/facts/Personal_computer/koaYfNce">personal computers</a>. The format was developed and published for the first time in 1991 by <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a> and <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>. It is the main format used on <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a> systems for <a href="/facts/Uncompressed_audio/hLgkfATf">uncompressed audio</a>. The usual bitstream encoding is the <a href="/facts/Linear_pulse-code_modulation/5gdfjtH3">linear pulse-code modulation</a> (LPCM) format.
WAV is an application of the <a href="/facts/Resource_Interchange_File_Format/G48SB1nh">Resource Interchange File Format</a> (RIFF) <a href="/facts/Bitstream_format/CPuf17up">bitstream format</a> method for storing data in chunks, and thus is similar to the <a href="/facts/8SVX/C8jgUjEq">8SVX</a> and the <a href="/facts/Audio_Interchange_File_Format/zNjxHR1C">Audio Interchange File Format</a> (AIFF) format used on <a href="/facts/Amiga/60B3A9of">Amiga</a> and <a href="/facts/Macintosh/8GhnXTK0">Macintosh</a> computers, respectively.

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