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When converting from analog to digital, the analog signal must be sampled-- that is, measured or read-- at discrete intervals of time. Depending on the given application, this interval may be one second or .000000001 seconds. The sampling frequency is the inverse of this number: the smaller the interval, the higher the frequency, and, in general, higher frequencies imply higher quality sound.

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