*Any type of varying signal, such as an audio signal, is often characterized as "AC". Audio signals don't generally have a specific frequency, they are described as being contained in a "band" of frequencies, but they are still called AC. If the long-term average voltage of a signal is nonzero, that average is often called the "DC component", while the signal with the DC component subtracted is called the "AC component". | *Any type of varying signal, such as an audio signal, is often characterized as "AC". Audio signals don't generally have a specific frequency, they are described as being contained in a "band" of frequencies, but they are still called AC. If the long-term average voltage of a signal is nonzero, that average is often called the "DC component", while the signal with the DC component subtracted is called the "AC component". |