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A CD can be used to store audio, video, and data in various standardized formats defined in the Rainbow Books. CDs are usually manufactured in a class 100 (ISO 5) or better clean room, to avoid contamination which would result in data corruption. They can be manufactured to strict manufacturing tolerances for only a few US cents per disk.
fre:ac, a CD extractor and audio converter. A CD ripper, CD grabber, or CD extractor is software that rips raw digital audio in Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA) format tracks on a compact disc to standard computer sound files, such as WAV or MP3. A more formal term used for the process of ripping audio CDs is digital audio extraction (DAE).
PlayStation 2 (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM) A map file that contains all of the exact positions and file size info of the disc is stored at a position that is beyond the file limit. The game calls this place directly so that burned copy with no data beyond file limit cannot be played. PSP (Universal Media Disc)
CD/DVD copy protection is a blanket term for various methods of copy protection for CDs and DVDs. Such methods include DRM, CD-checks, Dummy Files, illegal tables of contents, over-sizing or over-burning the CD, physical errors and bad sectors. Many protection schemes rely on breaking compliance with CD and DVD standards, leading to playback ...
CDDB was designed around the task of identifying entire CDs, not merely single tracks. The identification process involves creating a "discid", a sort of "fingerprint" of a CD created by performing calculations on the track duration information stored in the table-of-contents of the CD (see the following section for an example calculation).
We've rounded up the best alternative uses for old CDs that range from practical and handy to artistic and crafty. Whatever your taste, we have a way to use up all those old CDs. Show comments
A variable-rate CD — also called a flex CD — is a type of certificate of deposit with an interest rate that can fluctuate periodically over the term of the CD based on market conditions.
cdrtools, a comprehensive command line-based set of tools for creating and burning CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays; cdrkit, a fork of cdrtools by the Debian project; cdrdao, open source software for authoring and ripping of CDs in Disk-At-Once mode; DVDStyler, a GUI-based DVD authoring tool