What are the types of pc audio devices?

There are 2 types of audio devices, input and output devices.

Audio input devices are used to capture sound. In some cases, an audio
output device can be used as an input device, in order to capture
produced sound. Examples of input audio devices are: Microphones, MIDI
keyboard, music player, or other digital musical instrument.
On its own, your computer can't make a sound. Digital data from audio
and video files needs to be turned into something that our ears can hear,
and this requires specialized hardware and sophisticated processing.
These "audio output devices," take the form of integrated circuits, discrete
sound cards or external adapters. These are sound cards, onboard audio,
external audio ad OS output devices. Each serves the same ultimate
function: to connect our computers to speakers and headphones.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input_device
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/kinds-audio-output-devices-68635.html
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------What are the types of file types of sound?
There are three major groups of audio file formats:
1. Uncompressed audio formats, such as WAV, AIFF, AU or raw header-less
PCM;
2. Formats with lossless compression, such as FLAC, Monkey's Audio
(filename extension .ape), WavPack (filename extension .wv), TTA, ATRAC
Advanced Lossless, ALAC (filename extension .m4a), MPEG-4 SLS, MPEG-4
ALS, MPEG-4 DST, Windows Media Audio Lossless (WMA Lossless), and
Shorten (SHN).
3. Formats with lossy compression, such as Opus, MP3, Vorbis, Musepack,
AAC, ATRAC and Windows Media Audio Lossy (WMA lossy).
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_file_format
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------What is a Modem and Its Types?
Modem is a device that modulates an analog signal to encode into the
digital signals and also demodulates it to transmit the information.
Modems can be used over any means of transmitting analog signals, from
light emitting diodes to radio. The most familiar example is a voice band
modem that turns the digital data of a personal computer into modulated
electrical signals in the voice frequency range of a telephone channel.
These signals can be transmitted over telephone lines and demodulated
by another modem at the receiver side to recover the digital data. The
modems are of various types.

1. Internal Modem:
Internal Modem is the device installed in the desktop or laptop computer
to communicate over a network with other connected computers. These
are cheaper than external modems as they do not require power supply or
a chassis. There are two types of internal modems: dial-up and WiFi
(wireless). Dial up works on the telephone cables and requires a network
access phone number and log on credentials to make a connection and
WiFi modem comments to the network without filling these credentials
2. External Modem:
External modems are the simplest type of the modem to install this kind of
modem you didnt open the computer. The telephone line plugs into a
socket on the rear panel of the modem. As external modems have their
own power supply, you can turn off the modem quickly to break the
connection. The examples of these modems are the DSL modems which
are used in the broadband connections.
3. PC Card Modem:
These modems, designed for portable computers, are the size of a credit
card and fit into the PC Card slot on notebook and handheld computers.
These modems are removed when the modem is not needed. Except for
their size, PC Card modems are like a combination of external and internal
modems. These devices are plugged directly into an external slot in the
portable computer. So no cable is required other than the telephone line
connection. The cards are powered by the computer, which is fine unless
the computer is battery-operated. Running a PC Card modem while the
portable computer is operating on battery power drastically decreases the
life of your batteries.
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