Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An MPEG standard used especially for digitally transmitting music over the Internet.
- noun A file containing a song or other audio data that is encoded using this standard.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
digital soundrecording ; a songfile . - initialism computing, audio, software
MPEG -1 Audio Layer 3, an audio data compression format.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Simply paste text into a web form from any source, hit the Create MP3″ button, and you can then listen through a Flash-based player or download an MP3 for later listening.
Convert Any Text to MP3s with VozMe | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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•MP3 player: Enables you to send and listen to MP3 files without the need to convert files
Akihabara News 2010
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To this day they trumpet their dominance of the “dedicated MP3″ player market even though their two flagship products are a PDA/handheld gaming system and a smartphone, while they don’t count any other PDAs, handheld gaming systems or smartphones in those “dedicated MP3 player” numbers.
Verizon Droid Is The Real Deal Michael Arrington 2005
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Five MP3 files that comprise a Scanner work titled Surface Noise are available for free download on his website here; to access them, visit the site and click on the MP3″ tab on the site’s top bar.
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You can't think of the term MP3 player without the iPod coming to mind.
Boy Genius Report Sandy Claws 2009
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It's supposed to show a message every few seconds if a pendrive with the label MP3 is plugged into the computer.
AutoHotkey Community 2009
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It's supposed to show a message every few seconds if a pendrive with the label MP3 is plugged into the computer.
AutoHotkey Community 2009
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We all know the MP3 is an unrestricted open format!
757 new RIAA victims 2005
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Podcastin 'MP3's (say to the tune of Big Pimpin') (Music (For Robots))
Podcastin' MP3's (say to the tune of Big Pimpin') (Music (For Robots)) 2006
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Music (For Robots) « Podcastin 'MP3's (say to the tune of Big Pimpin') |
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