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Waveform Audio File Format  |  1994-06-16  |  1.5 MB  |  1 channel  |  22,050 sample rate  |  1 minute, 12 seconds
Transcription: How does your PC run a program? Well let's say you want to use a word processor called Wild Words. When you type that program's name or click its icon, your PC's operating system looks through the hard drive for a file with that name. If it doesn't find one, it'll start checking your disk drive. Once found, the operating system copies Wild Words to RAM. This lets the PC work with the file without having to go back to the hard drive every other Now the operating system tells the PC's processor where the new program is in RAM. The processor reads the file and you're off and running. Or typing at ...