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Advanced Linux Sound Architecture: History & Art

Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) is a software framework and part of the Linux kernel that provides an application programming interface (API) for sound card device drivers.

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Advanced Linux Sound Architecture topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around Advanced Linux Sound Architecture.

Related topics
42
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
47
Extracted relationships
15
Concept neighborhoods
21
Bridge connections
47

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Features · 16 topics
Overview · 15 topics
Concepts · 7 topics
Implementations · 3 topics
History · 1 topics

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Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Developer
ALSA team
License
GPL-2.0-or-later · LGPL-2.1-or-later
Operating system
Linux
Original author
Jaroslav Kysela
Release
1998; 28 years ago (1998)
Stable release
1.2.16.1 / 12 June 2026; 2 months ago (12 June 2026)

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Overview

History

Features

Concepts

Implementations

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How Advanced Linux Sound Architecture connects Entity context

The extracted context around Advanced Linux Sound Architecture shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture → GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later Another extracted example is Advanced Linux Sound Architecture → Audio device drivers, Loadable kernel module. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Advanced Linux Sound Architecture

Top relations

License · 2
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture → GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later
Type · 2
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture → Audio device drivers, Loadable kernel module
Developer · 1
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture → ALSA team
Operating system · 1
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture → Linux
Original author · 1
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture → Jaroslav Kysela
Release · 1
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture → 1998; 28 years ago (1998)
Stable release · 1
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture → 1.2.16.1 / 12 June 2026; 2 months ago (12 June 2026)
Website · 1
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture → alsa-project.org
Written in · 1
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture → C

Important terminology

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Important terminology

alsa sound device linux kernel system card drivers software interface application hardware oss audio library default provides api open also

Advanced Linux Sound Architecture relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 15 structured relationships around Advanced Linux Sound Architecture. Examples in this analysis include Advanced Linux Sound Architecture → Developer → ALSA team and Advanced Linux Sound Architecture → License → GPL-2.0-or-later. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Advanced Linux Sound ArchitectureDeveloperALSA team1.00infobox
Advanced Linux Sound ArchitectureLicenseGPL-2.0-or-later1.00infobox
Advanced Linux Sound ArchitectureLicenseLGPL-2.1-or-later1.00infobox
Advanced Linux Sound ArchitectureOperating systemLinux1.00infobox
Advanced Linux Sound ArchitectureOriginal authorJaroslav Kysela1.00infobox
Advanced Linux Sound ArchitectureRelease1998; 28 years ago (1998)1.00infobox
Advanced Linux Sound ArchitectureStable release1.2.16.1 / 12 June 2026; 2 months ago (12 June 2026)1.00infobox
Advanced Linux Sound ArchitectureTypeAudio device drivers1.00infobox
Advanced Linux Sound ArchitectureTypeLoadable kernel module1.00infobox
Advanced Linux Sound ArchitectureWebsitealsa-project.org1.00infobox
Advanced Linux Sound ArchitectureWritten inC1.00infobox
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Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Advanced Linux Sound Architecture bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Drivers, Kernel and Alsa. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
    • Drivers
    • Kernel
    • Alsa
    • Card
    • Project
    • Open
    • Also
    • Audio
    • Provides
    • Device
    • Oss
    • Sound
  • advanced linux sound architecture
    • System
    • Drivers
    • Kernel
    • Alsa
    • Card
    • Project
    • Audio
    • Open
    • Also
    • Provides
    • Device
    • Oss
  • linux kernel
    • Device
    • Drivers
    • Kernel
    • Linux
    • Api
    • Provides
    • Alsa
    • Card
    • Interface
    • Project
    • Software
    • Also
  • sound card
    • Device
    • System
    • Drivers
    • Interface
    • Linux
    • Sound
    • Audio
    • Open
    • Kernel
    • Also
    • May
    • Default
  • device drivers
    • Drivers
    • Higher-level
    • Kernel
    • Sound
    • Features
    • Interface
    • Linux
    • Audio
    • Mixing
    • 0-or-later
    • 1-or-later
    • Alsamixer
  • sound servers
    • System
    • Audio
    • Open
    • Default
    • Oss
    • Alsamixer
    • Higher-level
    • Jack
    • Pipewire
    • Pulseaudio
    • Control
    • Features
  • open sound system
    • System
    • Oss
    • Audio
    • Open
    • Sound
    • Alsamixer
    • Pipewire
    • Pulseaudio
    • Layer
    • Default
    • Higher-level
    • Jack
  • sdl audio
    • Alsamixer
    • Jack
    • Pipewire
    • Pulseaudio
    • System
    • Drivers
    • Sound
    • Linux
    • Card
    • Gpl-2
    • Higher-level
    • Lgpl-2

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Advanced Linux Sound Architecture, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Advanced Linux Sound Architecture with Features. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Advanced Linux Sound ArchitectureFeatures · splits 31 ⟂ 17
Advanced Linux Sound ArchitectureOverview · splits 32 ⟂ 16
Advanced Linux Sound ArchitectureConcepts · splits 40 ⟂ 8
Advanced Linux Sound ArchitectureImplementations · splits 44 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Advanced Linux Sound Architecture

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples15
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Advanced Linux Sound Architecture to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Advanced Linux Sound Architecture · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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