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  2. Comparison of popular optical data-storage systems - Wikipedia

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    Although research into optical data storage has been ongoing for many decades, the first popular system was CD, introduced in 1982, adapted from audio to data storage (the CD-ROM format) with the 1985 Yellow Book, and re-adapted as the first mass market optical storage medium with CD-R and CD-RW in 1988.

  3. CD-ROM - Wikipedia

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    CD-ROM XA is an extension of the Yellow Book standard for CD-ROMs that combines compressed audio, video and computer data, allowing all to be accessed simultaneously. [21] It was intended as a bridge between CD-ROM and CD-i ( Green Book ) and was published by Sony and Philips , and backed by Microsoft , in 1991, [ 22 ] first announced in ...

  4. Optical disc recording technologies - Wikipedia

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    Unlike early CD-ROM drives, optical disc recorder drives have generally used industry standard connection protocols. Early computer-based CD recorders were generally connected by way of SCSI ; however, as SCSI was abandoned by its most significant users (particularly Apple Computer ), it became an expensive option for most computer users.

  5. Compact disc - Wikipedia

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    For the first few years of its existence, the CD was a medium used purely for audio. In 1988, the Yellow Book CD-ROM standard was established by Sony and Philips, which defined a non-volatile optical data computer data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive.

  6. Compressed audio optical disc - Wikipedia

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    A compressed audio optical disc, MP3 CD, or MP3 CD-ROM or MP3 DVD is an optical disc (usually a CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R or DVD-RW) that contains digital audio in the MP3 file format. Discs are written in the "Yellow Book" standard data format (used for CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs), as opposed to the Red Book standard audio format (used for CD-DA audio CDs).

  7. CD player - Wikipedia

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    The process of playing an audio CD, touted as a digital audio storage medium, starts with the plastic polycarbonate compact disc, a medium that contains the digitally encoded data. The disc is placed in a tray that either opens up (as with portable CD players) or slides out (the norm with in-home CD players, computer disc drives and game consoles).

  8. Compact disc manufacturing - Wikipedia

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    If the errors are too severe then the stamper is rejected and a replacement installed. An experienced machine operator can interpret the report from the analysis system and optimise the moulding process to make a disc that meets the required Rainbow Book specification (e.g. Red Book for Audio from the Rainbow Books series).

  9. Rainbow Books - Wikipedia

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    CD-i Bridge [18] - a bridge format between CD-ROM XA and the Green Book CD-i, which is the base format for Video CDs, Super Video CDs and Photo CDs. VCD (Video) – a standard jointly developed and published by JVC, Matsushita, Philips and Sony. [19] SVCD (Super Video, 1998) – a 1998 extension of VCD, standardized as IEC 62107 in 2000. [20]