Recording formats

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Historically there have beem hundreds of recording media and formats.

A format is a transformation where the original information gets translated into features in a physical media.

A format is not a encoding, as several encodings can belong to the same format. For example, HTML and XML documents can both be encoded in either EBCDID or ASCII.

natural languages formats

hyerogliphic.
ideographic.
phonenic.

Mechanical formats

punch cards.
phonograph formats
- Vinyl record
- Flexi disc
Magnetic storage
optic media formats
- Compact disc
- DVD
Magneto-optic storage
- Magneto-optical drive
- Write Once Read Many
filesystems

still image formats

moving image formats

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Recording formats

See also: Recording formats, 8-track cartridge, ASCII, Compact audio cassette, Compact disc, Computer, DVD