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DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software
the same formats and capacities of CD-R discs, but are
fully erasable and rewritable. The CD-RW discs can be
rewritten up to 1,000 times, but are not compatible
with older (say, 12X or slower) CD-ROM drives, or
consumer type CD players. Newer “Multi-Read” com-
patible CD-ROM drives and DVD-ROM drives can
read CD-RW discs.
CD-V Compact Disc Video. A disc containing CD-DA
music as well as analog video. These discs can be 12
cm, 20 cm EP (extended play), or 30 cm LP (long play)
CD’s. CIRC Cross-Interleaved Reed-Solomon Code-
the first level of error correction used in every compact
disc, and the only one used for audio CD’s. It consists
of two Reed-Solomon codes interleaved crosswise.
Compact Disc See CD
Compact Disc Digital Audio See CD-DA
Compact Disc Drive or Player See CD-ROM drive or
player
Compact Disc Interactive See CD-I
Compact Disc-Magneto Optical See CD-MO
Compact Disc-Read Only Memory See CD-ROM
Compact Disc - Recordable See CD-R
Compact Disc - ReWritable See CD-RW
Compact Disc-Video See CD-V
Compatibility In compact discs, the extent to which
different types of discs can be read by different types
of drives or players. For example, all CD-DA discs are
fully compatible with all CD-DA players, so any play-
er can interpret and reproduce music from any disc re-
gardless of the manufacturer.
Constant Angular Velocity A rotation mode in which
