sound card

noun

: a circuit board in a computer system designed to produce or reproduce sound

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The headset also includes a USB sound card that supports DTS Headphone 2.0 7.1-channel surround sound, adding depth to an already strong and crisp audio performance. Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 16 Dec. 2024 With more people live streaming their gaming sessions, there’s been a surge in demand for USB sound cards that can bring together a variety of sound sources and feed them into a computer. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024 The latest sound card to land on my desk for review Creative’s SoundBlaster G8. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024 That’s unknown but having what amounts to a third player in sound cards can only be good for PC audio ,which has always played second fiddle to sexier graphics cards, CPUs, and even storage. Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 8 Jan. 2019 Also keep in mind, a USB dongle that houses a sound card is needed to access these options and DTS:X 2.0 audio. Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2019 The rest Some other notable CES announcements: EVGA got into sound cards. Brad Chacos, PCWorld, 11 Jan. 2019 The core part of an audio stack is buffers filled with sound data; the application fills the buffer, the sound card plays data from the buffer. Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 28 May 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1983, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sound card was in 1983

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“Sound card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sound%20card. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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