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Summary
Name	Audio Interchange File Format (compressed)
Version
Other names
Identifiers	MIME: audio/x-aiff PUID: x-fmt/136
Family
Classification	Audio
Disclosure
Description	The Audio Interchange File Format, Compressed (AIFF-C) provides a standard for storing uncompressed or compressed sampled sounds. The format can store monaural or multichannel sampled sounds in a range of sample rates and sample widths. The format is extensible to handle new compression types and application-specific data.
Orientation	Text
Byte order
Related file formats	Has priority over Interchange File
Technical Environment
Released	26 Aug 1991
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration
Source date	02 Aug 2005
Source description	Further information about this file format can be obtained at http://www-mmsp.ece.mcgill.ca/documents/audioformats/aiff/docs/aiff-c.9.26.91.pdf
Last updated	28 Aug 2012
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