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# Sound
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Sound is a medium (air), vibrating.
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Us humans make a distinction between sound and noise:
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When air is displaced in certain patterns our brains can recognize, we call it sound.
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When air is displaced in patterns our brain _can't_ recognize, we call it noise.
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### Speakers
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To generate sound from an electronic device we need something we commonly call a speaker.
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A speaker works by converting electronic current to movement to vibrate air.
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![Sound](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/CPT-sound-physical-manifestation.svg)
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This electronic current is an analog signal, which means that it also has a wave pattern unlike a digital signal, which is an off-or-on current, 0's and 1's.

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