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The Waveform Audio File Format (or WAV file) was developed by IBM and Microsoft to store digitized audio on PC-compatible computers.

History

The format was jointly defined in August 1991 by IBM and Microsoft as part of their Multimedia Programming Interface and Data Specifications for use in OS/2 and Microsoft Windows, respectively.^[1] Many other operating systems support playback of .wav files and conversion tools are widely available.^[2]

The .wav file format is also supported by some MIDI sequencers as add-on audio. That is, pre-recorded .wav files are played back by control commands written in the sequence script.^[2]

References

↑ Multimedia Programming Interface and Data Specifications 1.0 p.3-22, IBM and Microsoft. 1991-08.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 WAV at the Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing. 1997-10-11.

External links

Extensible Wave-Format Descriptors at Microsoft (2020-06-30)
WAVE Audio File Format at the U.S. Library of Congress
WAV at Wikipedia

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[1] Multimedia Programming Interface and Data Specifications 1.0 p.3-22, IBM and Microsoft. 1991-08.

[foldoc-wav-2] 2.0 ^2.1 WAV at the Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing. 1997-10-11.

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