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21Sound Blaster — The Sound Blaster logo The Sound Blaster family of sound cards was the de facto standard for consumer audio on the IBM PC compatible system platform, until the widespread transition to Microsoft Windows 95, which standardized the programming… …
22Sound design — ambox type = content text = This {1|article or section} may be inaccurate or in favor of certain viewpoints. Please [SERVERlocalurl:PAGENAME|action=edit improve the article] by adding information on neglected viewpoints, or discuss the issue on… …
23Sound synthesis — Basics of sound When any mechanical collision occurs, such as a fork being dropped, sound is produced. The energy from the collision is transferred through the air and other mediums, and if heard, into your ears. On a small scale, the collision… …
24Sound of Today — The Sound of Today (SOT) is the name of the award winning marching band at the University of Louisiana at Monroe (formerly Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, Louisiana).Began under band director Jack W. White in 1970. Another name for the… …
25Digital sound revolution — The digital sound revolution (or digital audio revolution) refers to the widespread adoption of digital audio technology in the computer industry beginning in the 1980s. Contents 1 Prior methods 1.1 Software based pulse width modulation 1.2 FM… …
26Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet — Steamboats at Colman Dock, Seattle, WA, circa 1912. Indianapolis is the large steamer on the right The Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet was a large number of private transportation companies running smaller passenger and freight boats on Puget Sound… …
27Second sound — is a quantum mechanical phenomenon in which heat transfer occurs by wave like motion, rather than by the more usual mechanism of diffusion. This leads to a very high thermal conductivity. It is known as second sound because the wave motion of… …
28Sheets of sound — was a term coined in 1958 by Down Beat magazine jazz critic Ira Gitler to describe the new, unique improvisational style of John Coltrane.cite web last = Hentoff first = Nat authorlink = Nat Hentoff title = Liner notes for John Coltrane: Giant… …
29Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway — Locale Ontario, Canada Dates of operation 1897–1959 Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge) Headquarters …
30the sound barrier — the large increase in air resistance that occurs as an aircraft nears the speed of sound a plane that is able to break the sound barrier [=to travel faster than the speed of sound] • • • Main Entry: ↑sound barrier …
