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DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software
ASMO (Previously called MO7) a high capacity Mag-
neto-Optical drive capable of storing up to 7Gb of
computer data, on a removable rewritable optical car-
tridge. ASMO drives may also be able to read CD-
ROM & potentially DVD-ROM discs
ATAPI AT Attachment Peripheral Interface. Also
known as Enhanced IDE (EIDE), this interface is used
to attach storage devices such as hard disk drives, CD-
ROM drives, CD recorders, and DVD-ROM drives to
PC systems. ATAPI is capable of addressing up to 4
drives, and capable of transfer rates up to 16.5Mb per
second.
ATIP See Absolute Time In Pre-Groove
Authoring Software A set of software that allows
non-programmers to design and create programs (e.g.,
multi-media presentations) by entering commands or
menu choices, without having to know a programming
language.
Backup Backups are usually data that has been copied
from one medium to another, so an additional copy of
the data will exist should something happen to the
original version. Nowadays, as strategically important
corporate data becomes scattered across literally thou-
sands of PC’s, good backup strategies- and high-ca-
pacity storage -are essential to a company’s continuous
function.
Binary This is how computers store digital informa-
tion-in a series of ones and zeroes, or “ons” and “offs”.
Bit The smallest piece of data in a computer, it repre-
sents a single one or zero.
Block The user data portion of a logical sector in CD-
ROM formats Block Error Correction The addition of
272 bytes of error correction code (ECC) at the of each
block of data during pre-mastering, to allow correction
