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Windows Wave File

Quick Info

The Wave format is the audio sample format used by Microsoft Windows. It was introduced with Windows 3.1 and very quickly became a standard on Intel based PC's. The Wave format is actually a sub-type of Microsoft's Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF).

Quick Info:

Name: Windows Wave File
Type: Audio Sample
Extension: WAV
Viewer Application: Windows Media Player
Specification:
Available via FTP
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