.WAV File Description

WAV (or WAVE), short for Waveform audio format, is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing audio on PCs. It is a variant of the RIFF bitstream format method for storing data in "chunks", and thus also close to the IFF and the AIFF format used on Amiga and Macintosh computers, respectively. It is the main format used on Windows systems for raw audio.

Other Information For .WAV File Extension

• Company:

  Microsoft Corporation & IBM Corp.

• File Type:

  Audio File

• Identifying Characters (Hex):

  52 49 46 46

• Identifying Characters (ASCII):

  RIFF