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  • Twitch

    A website where you can watch and publish live streams for free.
  • IRL

    Definition
    Stands for In Real Life, as opposed to on the Internet or in the computer.
  • My Review of MPC-BE

    Review
    Windows
    MPC-BE is the best video player for playing local video files on Windows on your PC. It doesn't have the ability to cast to smart TV's that other players have, but it has great support for all common audio and video formats, a very usable user interface, and plenty of customizability.
  • Windows Media Player Legacy

    Closed Source
    Windows
    The old version of the Windows Media Player that is included on Windows 11.
  • My Review of Windows Media Player (for Windows 11)

    Review
    Windows
    Windows Media Player is a basic video and music player with support for playing all common audio and video formats, and is preconfigured to integrate well with the default music and video folders of Windows. However, it lacks many kinds of advanced functionality and provides practically no customization whatsoever.
  • FreeSound

    Definition
    A website where you can download royalty free (Creative Commons-licensed) sound effects and other audio to use in your projects.
  • Classical Archives

    Definition
    An online music store for classical music, featuring MP4's and MIDI's of thousands of composers.
  • MuseScore

    Android
    BSD
    Freeware
    iOS
    Linux
    macOS
    Open Source
    Windows
    A free and open source music notation application for Windows, macOS, Linux, with a closed-source version for Android and iOS.
  • How MIDI Works?

    Explanation
    If you have ever seen a a file with the .mid file extension, you may have been surprised: the tiny file only 30 kilobytes in size can store an entire 4 minute long song! How is this possible?
  • MIDI

    Definition
    A lightweight music format that lacks supports of some modern software due to being so old.
  • Windows Media Player

    Closed Source
    Windows
    The media player (video player and music player) that comes installed by default on Windows.
  • Library

    Definition
    A file containing a program that is used by another program, e.g. a library for loading PNG images that is used by an image viewer so it can open PNG images
  • How Libraries (DLL's) Work

    Explanation
    In this article, we'll learn a bit about how libraries (files with the .dll extension on Windows) work, including why are .dll's necessary, and why some problems that occur with them.
  • Image Viewer

    Definition
    An application that opens and display image files.
  • User-Moderated

    Definition
    A forum where users can become moderators, as opposed to moderators always being part of the staff of the website.
  • Forum

    Definition
    A website where you can talk to other people by replying to topics posted by them.
  • Administrator

    Definition
    Someone who manages a computer or an online community.
  • Sudoer

    Definition
    An administrator-level user on Linux, more specifically, a user that can execute the sudo command.
  • Chronological Order

    Definition
    Sorting a list of items according to a date or time associated with each item, e.g. from newest item to oldest item.
  • Fan Clubs

    Definition
    A social media website where users can post in forums called "clubs," and create their own forum for an one-time fee of $29.99.
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