manual/Glossary.md

Glossary

Core Audio

https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/MusicAudio/Conceptual/CoreAudioOverview/WhatisCoreAudio/WhatisCoreAudio.html

WASAPI

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd371455%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

ASIO

Audio Stream Input/Output. A computer sound card driver protocol for digital audio specified by Steinberg, providing a low-latency and high fidelity interface between a software application and a computer's sound card.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Stream_Input/Output

ALSA

Advanced Linux Sound Architecture.

http://alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture

JACK

JACK Audio Connection Kit. A sound and MIDI server and client with advanced routing capabilities.

http://www.jackaudio.org/

API

Application Programming Interface.

ABI

Application Binary Interface. The binary interface implemented by a library and used by an application.