Electronica is an umbrella term that encompasses a broad group of electronic-based styles such as techno, house, ambient, drum and bass, jungle, and industrial dance, among others. It has been used to describe the rise of electronic music styles intended not just for dancing but also concentrated listening. 

In North America, in the late 1990s, the mainstream music industry adopted and to some extent manufactured "electronica" as an umbrella term encompassing styles such as techno, big beat, drum and bass, trip hop, downtempo, and ambient, regardless of whether it was curated by indie labels catering to the "underground" nightclub and rave scenes, or licensed by major labels and marketed to mainstream audiences as a commercially viable alternative to alternative rock music. By the late 2000s, however, the industry abandoned "electronica" in favor of "electronic dance music" (EDM), a term with roots in academia and an increasing association with outdoor music festivals and relatively mainstream, post-rave electro house and dubstep music. Nevertheless, the U.S.-based "AllMusic" still categorises electronica as a top-level genre, stating that it includes danceable grooves, as well as music for headphones and chillout areas. 

In other parts of the world, especially in the UK, "electronica" is also a broad term, but is associated with non-dance-oriented music, including relatively experimental styles of downtempo electronic music. It partly overlaps what is known chiefly outside the UK as "intelligent dance music" (IDM). QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What is EDM short for?
2. What is meant by the acronym EDM?
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Q2:
1. What all falls under the umbrella of electronica?
2. What does the genre of electronica include?
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Q3:
1. When was electronica more or less adopted and created by North American musicians?
2. During what decade did the North American music industry more or less invent electronica?
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Q4:
1. When did the industry stop using the term electronica and start using EDM?
2. At what point was the term electronica discarded in favor of the term EDM?
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Q5:
1. Where does the term EDM come from?
2. What are the origins of the term EDM?
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Q6:
1. Who says that electronica is a top genre?
2. Who speaks about electronica's popularity as a genre?
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Q7:
1. What country doesn't associate electronica with dance-oriented music?
2. Where is the term electronica used to refer to music that isn't really for dancing?
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Q8:
1. What does IDM stand for?
2. What is meant by the acronym IDM?
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Q9:
1. What is the term that refers to the rise in types of electronic music?
2. What does increasingly popular electronic music styles get referred to as?
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Q10:
1. What's one kind of "electronica" music?
2. Name one of the genres that falls under the term "electronica"?
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Q11:
1. What is "electronica" more and more associated with?
2. What are people increasingly connecting "electronica" with?
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