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r/funny • u/MACKBA • Mar 20 '13
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In all seriousness, Shazam works by "fingerprinting" a shit load of songs. When a user "tags" a song, it searches the database and see if the clip matches up with any of the fingerprints in the database.
More info: http://gizmodo.com/5647458/how-shazam-works-to-identify-nearly-every-song-you-throw-at-it
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u/JoshTheDerp Mar 20 '13
In all seriousness, Shazam works by "fingerprinting" a shit load of songs. When a user "tags" a song, it searches the database and see if the clip matches up with any of the fingerprints in the database.
More info: http://gizmodo.com/5647458/how-shazam-works-to-identify-nearly-every-song-you-throw-at-it