Specification English
Enhanced Music CD, CD + and CD Extra
An expansion of Audio or Mixed-Mode CD consists of two sessions. The first session
corresponds to CD-DA, while the second session consists of computer data. The process is
specified in the Blue Book.
Finalization
Finalization is the permanent closing of the writing procedure on a CD. After that, it cannot be
written to, regardless of whether it was produced as a single-session or a multi-session CD.
Green Book
A book of CD Interactive (CD-I) standards published by Philips and Sony in 1986
High Sierra
The forerunner of today’s ISO Standard 9660. It was published in 1986. With the passage of time
it has lost its significance.
Hybrid Type CD
A CD-ROM disc storing "two different platforms of softwares" for Windows and Macintosh etc.
Image
The term “image” describes all edited data that will later be located on a CD. The creation of an
image file is known as premastering.
ISO 9660
ISO Standard 9660 describes the construction of a CD-ROM, so that it may be read and
processed by different types of operating systems.
Joliet
This supplement to the standards comes from Microsoft and is supported by Windows 95 and
Windows NT. The CDs that are created under this standard are in conformity with ISO 9660,
which allows long file names based on Unicode in additional directory structures.
Mixed Mode-CD
Music and computer data are stored on one CD with this type of CD. The computer data are
generally located on track 1 and audio data are located in the ensuing tracks.
Multi-Session-CD
A CD which is written in several sequential sessions is known as a multi-session CD.
On-The-Fly
A process for burning data onto a CD-R. There are two different methods of doing this. With the
classical and older method, all of the data which are to be recorded onto the CD are first stored in
a buffer in a large file known as an image file. From there, they are copied or burned onto the
CD-R. In contrast to this, the method known as On-The-Fly transfers the data directly from their
original memory locations on a hard drive onto the CD-R.
Orange Book
The Orange Book is a physical format of recordable CD announced in 1989 by Philips and Sony.
The Orange Book describes CD-MO in part-I and CD-R in part-II. Later on part-II was updated. In
1994, version-II was announced for the CD-ROM and its double speed type. In 1996, the
standards for phase change optical disc, rewritable CD (CD-RW) was added as part-III.
Photo-CD
A CD format and system devised by Eastman Kodak to record digitized photograph data.
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