The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings...
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Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA or CD-DA), also known as Digital Audio Compact Disc or simply as Audio CD, is the standard format for audio compact discs...
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CD-ROM (redirect from Compact disc read-only memory)
CD-ROM (/ˌsiːdiːˈrɒm/, compact disc read-only memory) is a type of read-only memory consisting of a pre-pressed optical compact disc that contains data computers...
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A shaped compact disc is a non-circular compact disc. Examples include business card CDs, CDs in the shape of a star, a map of a country, interview material...
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Compact disc bronzing, or CD bronzing, is a specific, uncommon variant of disc rot, a type of corrosion that affects the reflective layer of compact discs...
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CD player (redirect from Compact disc player)
CD player is an electronic device that plays audio compact discs, which are a digital optical disc data storage format. CD players were first sold to...
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was notably distorted due to CD-R disc rot was found in a charity shop. DVD § Disc quality measurements Compact disc § Integrity Lampson, L. David (September...
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A gold compact disc is one in which gold is utilized in place of the high-purity aluminium or silver commonly used as the reflective coating on ordinary...
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double-density compact disc (DDCD) is an optical disc technology developed by Sony and Philips using the same 780 nm laser wavelength as a compact disc. The format...
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CDDB (redirect from Compact Disc Database)
CDDB, short for Compact Disc Database, is a database for software applications to look up audio CD (compact disc) information over the Internet. This is...
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Compact disc manufacturing is the process by which commercial compact discs (CDs) are replicated in mass quantities using a master version created from...
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Super Audio CD (redirect from Super audio compact disc)
Sony and Philips Electronics and intended to be the successor to the compact disc (CD) format. The SACD format allows multiple audio channels (i.e. surround...
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made from 1902 through 1920 as have been made available in selected compact disc compilations. The Caruso Edition Vol. IV was released in 1993 by Pearl...
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introduction of the compact disc, Kees Schouhamer Immink and Joseph Braat presented the first experiments with erasable magneto-optical compact discs during the...
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organic dye on write-once CD-R, DVD-R and BD-R LTH discs). Compact discs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs are common types of optical media which can be read...
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types of exposure damage. A jewel case is a compact disc case that has been used since the compact disc was first released in 1982. It is a three-piece...
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Mastering (audio) (redirect from Compact Disc Mastering)
master discs were still limited compared to later media such as the compact disc. From the 1950s until the advent of digital recording in the late 1970s...
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"control bytes" in the CD-ROM specification) refers to data contained in a compact disc (CD) in addition to digital audio or user data, which is used for control...
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Double album (redirect from Double disc)
the primary medium in which it is sold, typically either records or compact disc. A double album is usually, though not always, released as such because...
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Super Video CD (redirect from Super Video Compact Disc)
Super Video CD (Super Video Compact Disc or SVCD) is a digital format for storing video on standard compact discs. SVCD was intended as a successor to...
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CD-RW (redirect from Compact Disc Rewritable)
CD-RW (Compact Disc-Rewritable) is a digital optical disc storage format introduced in 1997.[citation needed] A CD-RW compact disc (CD-RWs) can be written...
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of the disc. Types of Optical Discs: Compact disc (CD) and derivatives Audio CD Video CD (VCD) Super Video CD CD Video CD-Interactive LaserDisc GD-ROM...
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CD+G (redirect from Compact Disc + Extended Graphics)
the compact disc standard that can present low-resolution graphics alongside the audio data on the disc when played on a compatible device. CD+G discs are...
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Album (redirect from Bonus disc)
collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital...
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DVD (redirect from MultiMedia Compact Disc)
computer files. DVDs offer significantly higher storage capacity than compact discs (CD) while having the same dimensions. A standard single-layer DVD can...
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"copy-protected" non-standard compact discs. Philips stated that such discs were not permitted to bear the trademarked Compact Disc Digital Audio logo because...
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CD-R (redirect from Compact Disc Recordable)
CD-R (Compact disc-recordable) is a digital optical disc storage format. A CD-R disc is a compact disc that can only be written once and read arbitrarily...
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Kees Schouhamer Immink (section Compact Disc)
data recording, including popular digital media such as compact disc (CD), DVD and Blu-ray disc. He has been a prolific and influential engineer, who holds...
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CD single (redirect from Mini Compact Disc single)
A CD single is a music single in the form of a compact disc (CD). Originally the CD single standard (as defined in the Red Book) was an 8 cm (3-inch) "mini...
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Phonograph record (redirect from Gramophone disc)
when new formats such as the compact cassette were mass-marketed. By the 1980s, digital media, in the form of the compact disc, had gained a larger market...
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