What is an MP3?
This is what MP3.com says an MP3 is… MP3 is a file format which stores audio files on a computer in such a way that the file size is relatively small, but the song sounds near perfect. You can identify MP3 files because they will end in .mp3. Typically 1 MB is equal to one minute of music or several minutes for spoken word/audiobooks. What they are keen to detract from is that MP3s are most frequently used to distribute illegal copies of copyright music, with one song taking 3 or 4 megabytes and a few minutes to download. You can find a great number of sites distributing illegal MP3s by searching in something like Yahoo!.
An MP3 is an extremely popular digital audio format (.mp3) that is highly compressed while maintaining near cd quality. What does ‘MP3’ stand for? ‘MP3’ stands for MPEG 3, which is a type of multimedia file. ‘MPEG’ is the acronym for Moving Picture Experts Group, and ‘3’ is for Layer 3 – the third type of MPEG format. You may know of .mpg files, which is the first type of the MPEG format and is used for videos. How can I get MP3 PLAYER? If you want to listen to an MP3, you’ll need a player. Although many of you will already have Microsoft’s Media Player, which can play MP3s and many other formats, you might as well start with the most popular MP3 player, Winamp. Go to our MP3 PLAYERS section and download it. It is easiest to save the file to your desktop, which is ‘My Desktop’ on the pull down menu. When it is done downloading, double click the .exe, which will be on your desktop if you saved it there, and install the program. You might want to write down where it’s saved – usually C:\
