Glossary B-2
CD-R
Compact Disc - Recordable.
Information on this type of media is written
using a laser-based desktop CD recorder. By
contrast, information on commercially
replicated compact discs is stamped using nickel
masters. CD-R discs are gold in color, unlike
silver-colored CD-Audio or CD-ROM discs.
CD-ROM
Compact Disc - Read Only Memory.
The CD-ROM standard was published in 1983
by Sony and Philips. It defines more error
correction than the CD-Audio format as
inaccuracy is more serious in data retrieval than
in music playback.
CD-ROM/XA
CD-ROM(Extended Architecture).
An extended CD-ROM format developed in
1988 by Philips, Sony, and Microsoft that
provides synchronized data and audio, as well as
additional hardware for the compression and
decompression of audio information. This
vastly improves the discs’ capability to store and
playback multimedia.
DAT
Digital Audio Tape.
A magnetic tape storage medium for the digital
recording and playback of encoded audio
information.
Double-speed
A drive that reads information twice as fast as
original music compact disc players.
I/O Addresses
The input/output addresses used by your
computer’s microprocessor to distinguish your
CD-ROM drive from other peripherals in your
system when sending or receiving data. See
Base I/O Address.
Multimedia
Applications that have been enhanced by the
addition of sound, animation, or video. It could
also be a combination of all these.
