Sound cards

Descriprtion
a sound card is a device tha can be slotted into a computer to
allow use of audio components for multimedia applications
Function
The motherboard on most computer systems has an integrated
sound card which is often sufcient for many users. However, to get
higher quality sound you can upgrade to a separate sound card
which uses better and more expensive components.
How it works
Before the invention of the sound card, a PC
could make one sound - a beep. Although the
computer could change the beep's frequency and
duration, it couldn't change the volume or create
other sounds.
At frst, the beep acted primarily as a signal or a
warning. Later, developers created music for the
earliest PC games using beeps of diferent pitches
and lengths. This music was not particularly
realistic -- you can hear samples from some of
these soundtracks at cross fore designs
work cited
http://computer.howstufworks.com/sound-card.htm
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/what-is-a-sound-card-defnition-function-types.html
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/defnition/american_english/sound-card