Audio API

Noun · Development

Definitions

  1. An application programming interface used to capture, process, generate, analyze, or play audio data. Audio APIs can expose low-level buffers and timing primitives or higher-level operations such as transcription, synthesis, mixing, and device control.

    In plain English: An API for working with sound, recording, playback, or audio processing.

    Example: "The browser app moved to the newer audio API so it could process microphone input in smaller chunks with lower latency."

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