WAV

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 and Microsoft Windows, respectively.Multimedia Programming Interface and Data Specifications 1.0 p.3-22, IBM and Microsoft. 1991-08. Many other operating systems support playback of .wav files and conversion tools are widely available.. 1997-10-11.
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.
==References==
==External links==
*Extensible Wave-Format Descriptors at Microsoft (2020-06-30)
*WAVE Audio File Format at the U.S. Library of Congress
* at Wikipedia
Category:Audio codecs
Category:File formats