WAVE文件作为多媒体中使用的声波文件格式之一，它是以RIFF格式为标准的。RIFF是英文Resource Interchange File Format的缩写，每个WAVE文件的头四个字节便是“RIFF”。WAVE文件由文件头和数据体两大部分组成。其中文件头又分为RIFF／WAV文件标识段和声音数据格式说明段两部分。WAVE文件各部分内容及格式见附表。-WAVE as a multimedia documents used in the acoustic format, it is based on RIFF format as a standard. RIFF English Resource Interchange File Format of the initials, each WAVE document for the first four bytes is "RIFF." WAVE document from the document and data on the first two major components. The first document which is divided into RIFF / logo of WAV files and voice data formats note of two parts. WAVE part of the document content and format of the attached tables.