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Mp3 digital music is one of the most widely used form of digital music. MP3 is the commonly used term for MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, a digital audio encoding format that applies both to the compression of the file and the storage of the file. In order to play an MP3 digital music file, you must use an MP3 enabled device. Music, when digitized, creates very large files. The value of the technology is in its ability to turn record music in a compressed fashion, leaving the files much smaller than they otherwise would be. The initial use and eventual widespread popularity of MP3 was made possible by the Internet, because the smaller file size made them more easily downloadable over networks.