Sound formats are file formats for storing digital audio data on a computer. There are three main types: uncompressed formats like WAV and AIFF which maintain quality but have large file sizes, lossless compressed formats like FLAC which reduce file size without quality loss, and lossy compressed formats like MP3 and AAC which significantly reduce file size at the cost of some quality loss. Lossy formats are best for sharing and streaming audio online or on mobile devices due to their small file sizes.

1. SOUND FORMATS

2. Sound/Audio Format a file format for storing digital audio data on a computer system.

3. This data can be stored uncompressed, or compressed to reduce the file size.Types of Sound FormatsUncompressed audio formats

4. Lossless compressed audio formats

5. Lossy compressed audio formatsUncompressed audio formats.WAV

6. a Microsoft and IBM audio file format

7. the main format used on Windows systems for raw and typically uncompressed audio.AIFF

8. Audio Interchange File Format(AIFF)

9. Developed by Apple Inc.

10. There is also a compressed variant of AIFF known as AIFF-C or AIFCWAV and AIFF are flexible file formats designed to store more or less any combination of sampling rates or bitrates. This makes them suitable file formats for storing and archiving an original recording.Lossless compressed audio formats.FLAC

11. Free Lossless Audio Codec(FLAC)