MP3 = MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 MPEG = Moving Picture Experts Group, which develops standards for digital video and digital audio compression
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wav is a file format or more precicely a container for audio files, it is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on PCs. It is an application of the RIFF bitstream format method for storing data in "chunks".
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Audio software is software designed for working, in some way, with sound files. Examples of audio software include software that allows you to accomplish digital audio extraction (DAE) on Audio CDs, software which allows you to edit sound files to remove pops and clicks, software which allows you to play sound files on your computer speakers, and software which allows you to convert sound files from one format (e.g. WAV or AIFF) to another (e.g. MP3 or FLAC). Generally, audio software is for working with sound files on a computer.
Mp3 is a file format commonly used for audio files. This is not the only format but is a very common one. An MP3 file, an audio file, is already a song. There is no possible way of converting an MP3 song to an audio song because 'audio' is not a format to convert to.
MP3 type files cannot be navigated using the clip art browser. MP3 or M-PEG3 are generally music use to store music in a digital audio compression format.
There isn't really a difference, rather, MP3 is a digital form of audio. Technically, an MP3 is the standard way of compressing of audio into smaller, more manageable digital files for the computer.
AVI and MOV files are video files. AVI stands for Audio Video Interleave. MOV is an apple format of a movie file.
A Zune is not an audio format like an mp3, it is a music/video player designed by Microsoft. It plays mp3 audio files as well as Microsoft's mp3 alternative, wma audio files.