soundcard
Noun
Meaning
soundcard (plural soundcards)
Alternative spelling of sound card
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The company was renamed AdLib Multimedia and relaunched the AdLib Gold soundcard and many other products.
The typical "consumer-grade" soundcard is intended for generic home, office, and entertainment purposes with an emphasis on playback and casual use, rather than catering to the needs of audio professionals.
It can also be received (but not decoded) by PCs with a coil antenna at the soundcard entrance and FFT-analysis software.
The emphasis in these products is, in general, on multiple input and output connectors, direct hardware support for multiple input and output sound channels, as well as higher sampling rates and fidelity as compared to the usual consumer soundcard.