File Extension

RIFF File Format

Audio File

RIFF stands for Audio File

This was last updated in March 2012
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Definitions

  • Do you speak Geek? A Vital Video Quiz

    - Test yourself. A WhatIs.com tech vocabulary quiz about video. In video, this is a reduction in data size to save disk space or transmission time.

  • AVI file (Audio Video Interleaved file)

    - An AVI (Audio Video Interleaved) file is a sound and motion picture file that conforms to the Microsoft Windows Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF) specification.

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