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The 12 pages that link to Pulse-code modulation, each with the reason it gives.
Compact discRelated: Compact-disc audio uses this method to encode sound.
TelephoneRelated: Digital telephones can encode speech using this method before transmission.
Gray codeRelated: Gray’s patent described applying the code to pulse-coded signals.
TelephonyRelated: Digital telephony commonly encodes voice using sampled signal values.