Multimedia Glossary Definition (English)
U-law Defined
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"The u-law format, pronounced mu-law, is an international standard for compressing audio--typically 16-bit and 8-bit speech with a ratio of 2:1. It is often used in telephony applications, and also on the Internet as the encoding format for .au sound files."
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