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Corrupt/Corruption
Political humor aside, when we use these terms in the context of making music, we are generally speaking of data files or media that for one reason or another have become unusable. The usage comes from the standard definition, which is (among other things) to spoil, taint, or alter from the original. Computers and programs running on them expect data, whether in RAM or on disk, to be organized in a specific way. If something happens to the information to alter this organization it is said to have become corrupt, which usually results in it no longer being usable, or at least requiring efforts to repair it. Often times when media fails it is because the formatting data on it has become corrupt.

C-weighting

Cab

Cabinet

Cabinet Emulation

Cabinet Grand

Cabinet Simulator

Cable Tester

Cache RAM

Cadence (or Close)

Cadillac Tailpiece

California Rebel

Camber

Cancellation

Canned Music (Slang)

Cannon Connector

Canon

Cans

Cantilever

Cantus Firmus

Cap

Capacitance

Capacitor

Capo

Capstan

Capsule

Capture

Card

CardBus

Cardioid

Carillon

Carrier

Cart Machine

Cartridge

Carved-top Guitar

Case Candy

Cassette Tape

Cat's Eye

Cat 5

Cat 6

Cathode

Cathode Biased

Cathode Stripping

CBR

CBS Era

CC

CCIR

CCIR 468-weighting

CCIR ARM-weighting

CC Number

CD

CD+G

CD-ROM

CD-RW

CD24

CDDA

CD Extra

CDR

CD Text

Cedar

Celesta

Cell

Cell Manufacturing

Cent

Center Frequency

Center block

Center Tap

Centronics

Centronics 50

Ceramic Capacitor

Chain Drive

Challenge/Response

Chambered Body

Chamberlin

Chamfer

Channel

Channel Separation

Channel Status Bit

Channel Strip

Channel Voice Messages

Chart

Chase

Chatoyancy

Checking

Cheetah

Chevron

China Cymbal

Chip

Chipset

Chitarra Batente

Choke

Choke (Cymbal)

Chooser

Chops

Chord

Chordophone

Chorus

Chroma

Chroma Keying

Chromatic (Chromatic Scale)

 Chromatic Harmonica

Chromatic Tailpiece

Chromatic Tuner

CIRC

Circle of Fifths

Circuit Breaker

Circumaural

CISC

CITES

CITES

Cittern

Clamping Voltage

Class-D Amplifier

Class A

Class AB

Class B

Class Compliant

Class H

Classic

Claves

Clavinet

Clavioline

Claw

Claw/Drum Claw

Claw Spring

Clean

Clean Boost

Clear Coat

Clearwood

Clef

Click

Click and Drag

Click and Hold

Click Track

Client Ref

Clip

Clipboard

Clipping

Clock

Close-miking

Closed-back Cabinet

Closed-voice Triad

Closed Ear

Cluster

CLV

CMOS

Common Mode Rejection

CMRR

CMYK

CNC

Coaster

Coaxial Cable

Cochlea

Cocktail Kit

Cocobolo

Coda

Code

CODEC

Coercivity

COI KB 2200

Coil

Coil Split

Coil Tap

Coincident

Color

Coloration

Comb Filter

Combi Jack

Combination/Combi

Combo

Combo Amp

Combo Organ

Comb String Converter

Comfort Cut

Command-click

Commission

Common Time

Comp

Comp/Comping

Compact Disc

Compact Flash

Companding

Compass

Compensation (guitar)

Compilation Score

Compile

Component Video

COM Port

Composite Track

Composite Video

Compound Interval

Compound Meter

Compound Radius

Compression

Compression (data)

Compression Driver

Compressor

Computer Monitor

Concertina

 Concert Pitch

Condenser Microphone

Conductor

Cone

Cone Cry

Confidence Monitoring

Conform

Conga

Connectivity

Consecutive interval

Console

Console EQ

Consonance

Con Sordino

Constant Directivity

Constant Q

Construction Kit

Consumer

Contact Mic

Contact Pressure (Headphones)

Continue

Continuity

Continuity Tester

Continuo

Continuous Controller

Contour Amount

Control-click

Control Cavity

Controller

Control Panel

Control Room

Control Surface

Control Voltage

Conversion Latency

Converter

Convolution

Cool

Coprocessor

Copy

Copyleft

Copy Protection

Copyright

Coral Sitar

CoreAudio

CoreAudio-compliant

CoreMIDI

CoreMIDI-compliant

Corksniffer

Corrupt/Corruption

COSM

Coulomb

Counter

Counterpoint

Count off (Count in)

Coupling

CPU

CPUCycle

Crash

Crash Cymbal

CRC

Crescendo

Crest Factor

Critical Band

Critical Distance

Cross-Modulation

Crossfade

Crossgrade

Cross Harp

Crossover

Crossover Cable

Crossover Distortion

Cross Platform

Cross Stick

Cross Stick Crosstalk

Cross Switch

Crosstalk

Crotchet

Crown

CRT

Crunch

CRV

CS-80

Csound

CS Update

Cue

Cue List (Cue Sheet)

Cue Mix

Curly Maple

Current

Current Limiting

Cursor

Cut

Cut-Only Equalizer

Cutaway

Cutoff Frequency

Cycle

Cymbal

Cymbal Arm

Cymbal Choke

     
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