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2G/3G/4G/5G Generations of technologies that deliver mobile broadband.

32bit/64bit A measure of how much data a PC can process at once. Most older computers are 32bit, more modern ones are 64bit.

802.11ac A standard for wireless networks that allows for much higher transfer speeds than 802.11n.

802.11ax Wi-Fi standard with speeds up to 10 times faster than 802.11ac. Also called Wi-Fi 6.

AC3 Audio Codec 3 file. Dolby Digital’s format for compressing audio files.

APE An audio format that doesn’t lose any data when it’s compressed.

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