However, the full name and the initialism BAL almost immediately attached themselves in popular use to all assembly-language dialects on the System/360 and its descendants. BAL for BPS/360 was introduced with the System/360 in 1964.
Lossy format means that data was lost during conversion from original source, for example WAV to MP3 results in loss of audio data that most people can't hear, because they're â¦ probably have a terrible monitor chain.
Fidelity also denotes how accurately a copy reproduces its source. For example, a worn gramophone record will have a lower fidelity than one in good condition, and a recording made by a low budget record company in the early 20th century is likely to have significantly less audio fidelity than a good modern recording.