An audio file format developed jointly by IBM and Microsoft, WAV audio files have a file extension of .wav and are commonly used within the Windows environment.

There are many WAV editors on the market, allowing you to record, edit and play WAV files on your PC.

As WAV files are largely uncompressed they can be very big in size, this has lead to MP3's becoming a more popular format for audio files as they are equal in quality but highly compressed allowing for easier transfer. There are many programs available to convert WAV files to the MP3 format.

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