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Collectors traditionally reserve the term picture disc for records with graphics that extend at least partly into the actual playable grooved area, distinguishing them from picture label discs, which have a specially illustrated and sometimes very large label, and picture back discs, which are illustrated on one unplayable side only.
An optical disc is a flat, usually [note 1] disc-shaped object that stores information in the form of physical variations on its surface that can be read with the aid of a beam of light. Optical discs can be reflective, where the light source and detector are on the same side of the disc, or transmissive, where light shines through the disc to ...
Personal Video Disc (PVD) MiniDisc : MD Data, MD Data2; Hi-MD; LaserDisc : LD-ROM, LV-ROM; Video Single Disc (VSD) Magneto-optical discs; Ultra Density Optical (UDO) 3D optical data storage; Stacked Volumetric Optical Disk (SVOD) Fluorescent Multilayer Disc; Hyper CD-ROM; Nintendo optical disc (NOD) Archival Disc (AD) Professional Disc; DataPlay
Although a number of optical formats have been used over time, the most common examples are optical disks like the compact disc (CD) and DVD. Reading and writing methods have also varied over time, but most modern systems as of 2023 [update] use lasers as the light source and use it both for reading and writing to the discs. [ 1 ]
John C. Norcross is among the psychologists who have simplified the balance sheet to four cells: the pros and cons of changing, for self and for others. [19] Similarly, a number of psychologists have simplified the balance sheet to a four-cell format consisting of the pros and cons of the current behaviour and of a changed behaviour. [20]
Kodak Photo CD and packaging. Photo CD is a system designed by Kodak for digitizing and saving photos onto a CD. Launched in 1991, [1] the discs were designed to hold nearly 100 high quality images, scanned prints and slides using special proprietary encoding.
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 plastic case, measuring 142 by 125 by 10 millimetres (5.59 in × 4.92 in × 0.39 in), a volume of 177.5 cubic centimetres (10.83 cu in), which usually contains a compact disc along with the liner notes and a back card.
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