Transcription: Digital sound is stored as thousands of sound levels per second of sound. Each of the numbers that represents a sound level at a particular instant in time is called a sample. 8-bit audio uses 8 bits, or one byte of data, for each sample. 16-bit audio uses 16 bits, or two bytes of data, for each sample. 8-bit audio provides only 256 levels. 16-bit audio provides 64,000 levels. The greater the number of sound levels you have in a sample the better the quality of sound you get. Music CDs store all of their digital sound using 16-bit samples.
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