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# Terminator atom ('0x00000000')

An atom that indicates the end of the sound description.

## Overview

This atom is present to indicate the end of the sound description. It contains no data, and has a type field of zero (`0x00000000`) instead of a four-character code.

## Topics

### Data fields

[`Size`](/documentation/quicktime-file-format/Terminator_atom/Size)

An unsigned 32-bit integer holding the size of the decompression parameters atom.

[`Type`](/documentation/quicktime-file-format/Terminator_atom/Type)

An unsigned 32-bit integer.


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