( < Free Lossless Audio Codec,
"vaba kadudeta audiokodek")

olemus
digitaalheli kadudeta tihenduse (40-50% võrra)
avatud vorming ja kodeki etalonteostus priivarana
=
an audio coding format for lossless compression of digital audio

ülevaateid
https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/ifi/nedlagte-emner/INF5080/v04/mkt08d-flac.pdf

https://xiph.org/flac/

http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Lossless_comparison

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAC

demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ly6gZ-iyQw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-87OiwiugG8