A useful standard that hasn’t really bothered most of us is S/PDIF, standing for Sony/Phillips Digital Interface. It’s a useful way to pump digital audio around over copper cables or optic fiber.

S/PDIF, and more specifically optical TOSLINK, uses LED light sent down an optical fiber to encode audio data. The advantage of this over any voltage-level signals (like with regular wires ...

Although it often refers to the optical TOSLINK cable, there are four cable types supported by the S/PDIF specification. See S/PDIF. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other ...