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'''Pulse Code Modulation''' ('''PCM''') is a method of recording sound as digital data. The amplitude of the audio signal is sampled at a regular [[sampling rate]], and [[Quantization|quantized]] with a fixed [[bit depth]].
 
'''Pulse Code Modulation''' ('''PCM''') is a method of recording sound as digital data. The amplitude of the audio signal is sampled at a regular [[sampling rate]], and [[Quantization|quantized]] with a fixed [[bit depth]].
  
 
This technology was created by Alec Reeves in 1937.
 
This technology was created by Alec Reeves in 1937.
  
==See also==
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== See also ==
* [[PDM]]
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* [[Pulse-Density Modulation]] (PDM)
* [[PAM]]
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* [[Pulse-Amplitude Modulation]] (PAM)
* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/quantium/ahr/pcm.htm A page on PCM history]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20030406235542/http://homepage.ntlworld.com:80/quantium/ahr/pcm.htm A page on PCM history] (Archived as of April 6, 2003)
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Revision as of 04:17, 16 September 2020

Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) is a method of recording sound as digital data. The amplitude of the audio signal is sampled at a regular sampling rate, and quantized with a fixed bit depth.

This technology was created by Alec Reeves in 1937.

See also