| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abrasion Resistance | Is defined as a materials ability to withstand wear due to mechanical motion such as rubbing and scrapping. Different materials used for the outer shielding or insulation of audio and video cables have varying degrees of Abrasion Resistance. If you are using a cable in an... Read More |
| AES/EBU | Stands for the Audio Engineering Society (AES) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It is the standard adopted for carrying digital audio signals via cables between devices. It is more officially designated AES3. It relates to a group of cables and connectors designed to... Read More |
| Alternating Current (AC) | When people refer to Alternating Current or AC they are usually thinking of it as opposed to DC or Direct Current in the transmission of electricity. Alternating Current in this case is the transmission of electric current that modulates or varies in magnitude or... Read More |
| Ampere | Is the full version of a word you may be more familiar with: “AMP”. An Ampere or AMP is a unit of measure of electrical current named for Andre Marie Ampere, generally recognized as the father of electromagnetism. Without getting into a physics lesson an AMP tells you... Read More |
| Amplitude | Is a way to define one of the characteristics of the sine wave, where Amplitude is measure of the oscillations during a single wave cycle. In the transmission of sound or data through cables and wires, Amplitude Modulation (as in AM radio) is a way to use the phenomenon of... Read More |