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Exploring Your Computer’s Features
Exploring audio features
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Many Web sites offer products and services for sale.
Uploading to, and downloading files from, the Internet
Transferring files from one computer to another is termed
uploading (transferring data from your computer to a site on
the Web), or downloading (transferring data from a site on the
Web to your computer).
There are several ways to upload or download data. It can be
as simple as attaching a file or document to an email, or you
can use the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) features of your Web
browser to transfer large amounts of data.
Exploring audio features
You can use your computer to record sounds using an
external microphone or the computer’s built-in microphone
located near the front left corner of the computer. You can
play .wav sound files or audio CDs using the built-in
speakers, headphones, or external speakers.
Dolby Digital audio enhancements are available in the
Microsoft Windows operating system only.
Recording sounds
You may record sounds as .wav files by using the internal
microphone located near the front left corner of the computer,
or by connecting an external microphone or other sound
source to the microphone jack.
DEFINITION: A .wav (pronounced “wave”) file is a Windows
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format for storing sound.
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