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Cloud storage: Cloud storage is digital file storage system where data is stored on remote servers and accessed by users from afar via the internet (or "cloud.”) The physical servers that host the files could be local – if your workplace owns a local server that is accessible by staff members, the server may be in your office. Alternatively, if you pay a company for cloud storage, the physical servers may be located in that company’s buildings in Toronto. However, no matter where the physical servers are, you will always be able to access your files via the internet instead of having to plug directly into the server itself.
- Checksums: A checksumis a string of data that is attached to a file to help detect the presence of errors introduced in storage or transfer between devices; different software programs can detect checksums to determine if there is corruption in the file (e.g. data integrity).
- Data corruption/degradation or Bit rot: The process of decay and general changes to files as a result of slowly accruing errors/issues that eventually make some materials unusable.
Embed: To attach or add information or a tag to a file.
Filename extension: A filename extension is the ending of a file’s name that identifies what type of file it is and/or what computer program can open it. Some common filename extensions are:
Images: .jpg, .png, .gif
Audio: .wav, .mp3
Compressed files: .zip
Video: .mp4, .m4v, .mov
Spreadsheets: .xls, .ods
Text documents: .doc, .odt, .pdf
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Word file: A word file is a short, individual file that come from within master files after you export your words or phrases. Word files will have a .wav filename extension.
Tracks: A single stream of recorded sound.
Stereo: Stereo refers to two audio tracks, one in each headphone/speaker.
Mono: Stereo refers to one audio track coming out of both headphones/speakers.
Labels: When you want to have separate word files (.wav) for each word or phrase, you can add labels to sections of the audio in your Audacity project file and give each word a file name before you export them as individual word files.
- Lossless: A method of preserving the original data with no loss of information, relating to a uncompressed file.
- Uncompressed: The description of a file that has not gone through any reductions in size, which causes it to lose data (e.g. go from 'lossless' to 'lossy').
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Language-related terms
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Paradigm: A linguistic paradigm is a set of related word forms. An example of this would be a conjugation of a verb, such as “to be”: I am, you are, he/she/it is, etc.
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