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    A 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...
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    MPEG-1 in standard MPEG-1, AVI, and Matroska files, or inability to read CD-ROM XA discs. Some Laserdisc players that were released in the late 90s support...
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  • X/Open XA, a standard for distributed database transactions ".xa". or ".XA", an audio file extensions used in the PlayStation and PSone CD-ROM XA, an extension...
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    called CD-Bridge or simply "bridge discs"), which are CD-ROM XA discs with an additional Green Book CD-i specific application program. The CD-ROM XA information...
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    Graphics) – an extension of CD+G CD-ROM (Read-Only Memory) – standardized as ISO/IEC 10149 in 1988 and ECMA-130 in 1989 CD-ROM XA (eXtended Architecture)...
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    CF-V21P by Panasonic was the first laptop on the market with an integrated CD-ROM drive as an option. However, it only supports up to 3.5-inch-diameter mini...
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    SVCDs comply with the CD-i Bridge format, and are authored (or "burned") using the CD-ROM XA format. The first track is in CD-ROM XA Mode 2, Form 1, and...
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    The Hyper CD-ROM is a claimed optical data storage device similar to the CD-ROM with a multilayer 3D structure, invented by Romanian scientist Eugen Pavel...
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    systems equipped with a CD-ROM drive, or by special “Enhanced CD players”. The second session of a E-CD contains one track in CD-ROM XA Mode 2, Form 1 format...
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    Sega and Yamaha for the Dreamcast. A double-density format based on the CD-ROM that could hold up to 1 GB, it consists of a single-density track near the...
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    readers built prior to the introduction of CD-RW. CD-ROM drives with a "MultiRead" certification are compatible. CD-RWs must be erased or blanked before reuse...
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    a top of an inner lid which covers a top-loading CD drive. Discs for the player used the CD-ROM XA sector format and a software format proprietary to...
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    be a CD-i track, and all CD-i tracks must be grouped together at the beginning of the area. CD-i tracks are structured according to the CD-ROM XA specification...
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    conform to the CD-ROM XA and CD-i Bridge specifications as well. They were intended to play on CD-i players, Photo CD players (Apple's PowerCD for example)...
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    organizing data on CD-ROMs into logical units such as files, which led to every CD-ROM maker creating its own format. In order to develop a CD-ROM file system...
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    karaoke machines, other consumer devices that play CD+G format CDs include the NEC TurboGrafx-CD (a CD-ROM peripheral for the TurboGrafx-16) and Turbo Duo...
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    Compact disc (redirect from CD)
    Book and conform to the CD-ROM XA and CD-i Bridge specifications as well. They are intended to play on CD-i players, Photo CD players, and any computer...
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    Convention. In June 1985, the computer-readable CD-ROM (read-only memory) and, in 1990, recordable CD-R discs were introduced. Recordable CDs became an...
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    commands and responses through the ATA interface. ATAPI devices include CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives, tape drives, magneto-optical drives, and large-capacity floppy...
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    audio CD (Red Book CD-DA) and data CD (Yellow Book CD-ROM) standards. The Yellow Book standard for CD-ROM only specifies a high-level data format and refers...
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    CD Video (also known as CDV, CD-V, or CD+V) is a format of optical media disc that was introduced in 1987 that combines the technologies of standard compact...
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    Super Audio CD (SACD) is an optical disc format for audio storage introduced in 1999. It was developed jointly by Sony and Philips Electronics and intended...
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    DS=Double Sided). Blu-ray Disc CD Video DVD DVD card HD DVD LaserDisc Nintendo optical discs GD-ROM Universal Media Disc (UMD) Video CD (VCD) VideoNow "Kid Vid...
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    are DVD-ROM drives and BD-ROM drives which read and record from those formats, along with having backward compatibility with CD, CD-R and CD-ROM discs;...
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    DVD (redirect from DVD-ROM)
    machines that physically stamp data onto the DVD. Such discs are a form of DVD-ROM because data can only be read and not written or erased. Blank recordable...
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    Blu-ray (redirect from BD-ROM)
    for scratch protection, were no longer necessary and were scrapped. The BD-ROM specifications were finalized in early 2006. Advanced Access Content System...
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  • Philips. He was also responsible of diversification efforts such as CD-ROM and CD-ROM XA. From 1988–92 Bastiaens was general manager and director of the Multimedia...
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    straightforward. Sometimes disc images are even used to emulate the presence of a CD-ROM or DVD drive with the data entirely resident on the hard disc. For the command-line...
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  • embed video and audio in CD-ROM data files and tend not to use CD audio tracks in the game, usually taking advantage of XA interleaving. This was the...
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    130 mm hard-drives (like in the IBM PC XT). 130 mm media looks similar to a CD-ROM enclosed in an old-style caddy, while 90 mm media is about the size of a...
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