RealAudio
     
         A program from Real Media for playing
        audio over the Internet, and the lossy audio compression
        format it uses.
     
        The system is implemented as a client/server architecture.
        The RealAudio server incorporates an encoder which
        compresses sound into RealAudio files.  The client side is a
        web browser plug-in or add-on (a recent version of
        Internet Explorer apparently has built-in support for
        RealAudio) which allows the stream of data sent from the
        server to be uncompressed and output using the normal sound
        facilities of the computer, such as a sound card.
     
        A 14.4 KBps or better modem is required, and a 28.8 KBps
        connection is recommended for music-quality sound.
     
        Home (http://www.realaudio.com/).
     
        (2001-12-13)