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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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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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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A shaped compact disc (known as a shaped CD) is a non-circular compact disc. Examples include business card CDs, CDs in the shape of a star, a map of a...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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writers since they physically burn the data onto on the discs. Compact discs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs are common types of optical media which can be read...
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This is a list of compact disc player manufacturers. A CD player is an electronic device that plays audio compact discs. CD players are often a part of...
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Versuni (section Compact Disc (CD))
technically superior design, but a commercial failure. 1982, launched the Compact Disc in partnership with Sony. 1983, participated in developing the MSX home...
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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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the compact disc. The author explains how it came about Brian Mitchell (16 August 2007). "Philips Celebrates 25th Anniversary of the Compact Disc". ecoustics...
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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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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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Magneto-optical drive (redirect from Magnet optical disc)
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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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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Resolution Compact Disc (XRCD) is a mastering and manufacture process patented by JVC (Victor Company of Japan, Ltd) for producing Red Book compact discs. It...
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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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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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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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Corporation (1981). Compact Disc Digital Audio System Description. International Electrotechnical Commission (1987), IEC 60908:1987 Compact disc digital audio...
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LP record (redirect from Vinyl-disc)
the late 1970s with the advent of Compact Cassettes, and later in the 1980s with the advent of digital compact discs, the LP survives as a format to the...
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