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pulse-code modulation

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pulse-code modulation [′pəls ¦kōd ‚mäj·ə′lā·shən]
(communications)
Modulation in which the peak-to-peak amplitude range of the signal to be transmitted is divided into a number of standard values, each having its own code; each sample of the signal is then transmitted as the code for the nearest standard amplitude. Abbreviated PCM.


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It also has recording features such as real-time MP3 or adaptive differential pulse-code modulation (ADPCM) encoding for both speech and music (jukebox).
At the frontier of digital technology, he designed early pulse-code modulation (PCM) equipment as well as coding and decoding circuitry, and contributed to the solution for network synchronization.
 
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