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| the amount of time that passes between the issue of the read command and when the first data bit is read from the CD |
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| Advanced SCSI Programming Interface (ASPI) |
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| a numerical expression for the way the light is gathered and focused into a single point |
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| CD-ROM File System (CDFS) |
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| another name used for ISO 9660 |
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| the set of books that outline disc system specifications |
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| Compact Disc Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) |
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| an optical disc able to store very large amounts of data |
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| Compact Disc-Recordable (CD-R) |
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| an optical storage media that uses photosensitive reflective dye to simulate the pits and lands of a standard cd |
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| Compact Disc-ReWritable (CD-RW) |
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| an improvement over the CD-R technology, featuring special discs that can be erased and rerecorded |
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| constant angular velocity (CAV) |
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| a method of reading data from a CD where the drive maintains the same RPM regardless of the data location |
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| constant linear velocity (CLV) |
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| a method of reading data from a CD where the speed of the CD drive adjusts so that points on the inside and outside of the disc are read at a constant linear veolcity |
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| a measurement of how much data can be transferred from a CD to RAM in a set period of time |
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| Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) |
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| the highest storeage capactiy of all laser-based CD storage types. Also called digital video disc |
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| a standard for compact discs that was created so that CD's could be read on any CD device |
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| the file system standard that CD-ROMs use, wchih is an update on the High Sierra format |
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| an image that is the exact copy of data. It is made by copying all sectors containing data and ignoring the file system used |
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| the flat areas between the pits in a compact disc |
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| magento-optical (MO) drives |
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| disk drives that combine magnetic and optical principles to store and retrieve data |
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| a numerical expression for the way the light is gathered and focused into a single point |
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| records data in small blocks similar to the way hard drives store data |
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| an electronic component that changes light energy into electrical energy |
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| the holes etched into a compact disc in order to record data |
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| Universal Disk Format (UDF) |
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| the filke system standard accepted for CD-RW, magneto-optical disc, and DVD technology |
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