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      <p ns="0" title="MP3" snippet="...arefully defined in the standard. Most decoders are &amp;quot;bitstream compliant&amp;quot;, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; that the decompressed output they produce from a given MP3 file will be the&#10;" size="32437" wordcount="4966" timestamp="2024-03-25T09:42:57Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Joint stereo" snippet="...olar mapping, the term &#039;phase&#039; (here: &#039;stereo phase&#039;) has a very different &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; from the phase of a periodic wave. Unlike in the Fourier Transform, the Cos&#10;" size="10754" wordcount="1669" timestamp="2023-08-12T05:12:14Z" />
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      <p ns="0" title="Lowpass filter" snippet="...udio signal processing due to the fact that it is a &amp;quot;linear phase&amp;quot; filter, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; that it is free of any artifacts. This is compared in stark contrast to tha&#10;" size="1742" wordcount="258" timestamp="2009-09-28T06:41:10Z" />
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