Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An MPEG standard used especially for digitally transmitting music over the Internet.
  • noun A file containing a song or other audio data that is encoded using this standard.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A digital sound recording; a song file.
  • initialism computing, audio, software MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, an audio data compression format.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From MP(EG-1 layer) 3.]

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Examples

  • Simply paste text into a web form from any source, hit the Create MP3″ button, and you can then listen through a Flash-based player or download an MP3 for later listening.

    Convert Any Text to MP3s with VozMe | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • MP3 player: Enables you to send and listen to MP3 files without the need to convert files

    Akihabara News 2010

  • To this day they trumpet their dominance of the “dedicated MP3″ player market even though their two flagship products are a PDA/handheld gaming system and a smartphone, while they don’t count any other PDAs, handheld gaming systems or smartphones in those “dedicated MP3 player” numbers.

    Verizon Droid Is The Real Deal Michael Arrington 2005

  • Five MP3 files that comprise a Scanner work titled Surface Noise are available for free download on his website here; to access them, visit the site and click on the MP3″ tab on the site’s top bar.

    Disquiet » London-Based MP3s 2003

  • You can't think of the term MP3 player without the iPod coming to mind.

    Boy Genius Report Sandy Claws 2009

  • It's supposed to show a message every few seconds if a pendrive with the label MP3 is plugged into the computer.

    AutoHotkey Community 2009

  • It's supposed to show a message every few seconds if a pendrive with the label MP3 is plugged into the computer.

    AutoHotkey Community 2009

  • We all know the MP3 is an unrestricted open format!

    757 new RIAA victims 2005

  • Podcastin 'MP3's (say to the tune of Big Pimpin') (Music (For Robots))

    Podcastin' MP3's (say to the tune of Big Pimpin') (Music (For Robots)) 2006

  • Music (For Robots) « Podcastin 'MP3's (say to the tune of Big Pimpin') |

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