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.
Why is FLAC awesome (and is it awesome)? Yes, FLAC is awesome. Really, it is â as much as I am annoyed by FLAC purists, FLAC has a real place in the digital audio world that should not be overlooked. You probably know of one other lossless audio format (even if you donât know itâs lossless) called .WAV.