To process images, a computer assigns red, green and blue values to every pixel. How does a computer manage sound? What are the values assigned?

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To process images, a computer assigns red, green and blue values to every pixel. How does a computer manage sound? What are the values assigned?

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For sound it’s actually not all that difficult. Sound is pressure waves in the air. You record the pressure very quickly (we’re talking like 44 thousand times a second for CDs). When you play it back you move the speakers at the same rate. The speaker moving causes pressure changes in the air and Bingo.