Windows Media Audio

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Windows Media Audio

Summary

Windows Media Audio is a lossy audio coding format[1]. It draws 116 Wikipedia views per month (lossy_audio_coding_format category, ranking #4 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Windows Media Audio's instance of is recorded as lossy audio coding format[3].
  • Windows Media Audio's instance of is recorded as proprietary file format[4].
  • Windows Media Audio's developer is recorded as Microsoft[5].
  • Windows Media Audio's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 136214262[6].
  • Windows Media Audio's part of is recorded as Windows Media[7].
  • Windows Media Audio's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/086t0[8].
  • Windows Media Audio's described at URL is recorded as https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/316992[9].
  • Windows Media Audio's media type is recorded as audio/x-ms-wma[10].
  • Windows Media Audio's file extension is recorded as wma[11].
  • Windows Media Audio's described by source is recorded as Advanced Systems Format (ASF) Specification, version 01.20.03[12].
  • Windows Media Audio's PRONOM file format ID is recorded as fmt/132[13].
  • Windows Media Audio's exact match is recorded as http://rs.tdwg.org/format/values/m039[14].
  • Windows Media Audio's Library of Congress Format Description Document ID is recorded as fdd000027[15].
  • Windows Media Audio's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as WMA[16].
  • Windows Media Audio's Uniform Type Identifier is recorded as com.microsoft.windows-media-wma[17].
  • Windows Media Audio's LC and MARC vocabularies ID is recorded as mencformat/wma[18].
  • Windows Media Audio's Fandom article ID is recorded as apple:Windows_Media_Audio[19].
  • Windows Media Audio's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776949974[20].
  • Windows Media Audio's NARA File Format Preservation Plan ID is recorded as NF00446[21].

Why It Matters

Windows Media Audio draws 116 Wikipedia views per month (lossy_audio_coding_format category, ranking #4 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . msdn.microsoft.com. Retrieved . msdn.microsoft.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . msdn.microsoft.com. Retrieved . msdn.microsoft.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . Controlled Vocabulary for Dublin Core format. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . developer.apple.com. Retrieved . developer.apple.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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