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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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    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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    square CDs with full screen hi-fi stereo video which played in quad speed CD-ROM or DVD drives with the centre well. A variety of laser cut shapes were developed...
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    Dreamcast and other Sega systems. 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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  • Eugen Pavel is a Romanian scientist and the claimed inventor of the Hyper CD-ROM. Pavel graduated with a physics degree from the University of Bucharest...
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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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  • standard ROM is that the data is written into a ROM during manufacture, while with a PROM the data is programmed into them after manufacture. Thus, ROMs tend...
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    CD-RWs cannot be read in many CD readers built prior to the introduction of CD-RW. CD-ROM drives with a "MultiRead" certification are compatible. CD-RWs...
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    CD+G CD-ROM (Read-Only Memory) – originally developed by Philips and Sony, it was standardized as ISO/IEC 10149 in 1988 and ECMA-130 in 1989 CD-ROM XA...
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    Optical disc (section CD-ROM)
    5D DVD 3D optical data storage (not a single technology, examples are Hyper CD-ROM and Fluorescent Multilayer Disc) In 2004, development of the Holographic...
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    Read-only memory (redirect from Mask ROM)
    Read-only memory (ROM) is a type of non-volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices. Data stored in ROM cannot be electronically modified...
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  • Clueless (redirect from Clueless CD-ROM)
    Chyna-Rose Frederick (Dionne), and Romona Lewis-Malley (Tai). The Clueless CD-ROM is an activity and mini game collection based on the Clueless film and television...
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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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    MPEG-1 in standard MPEG-1, AVI, and Matroska files, or inability to read CD-ROM XA discs, or not programmed with software to understand the disc format...
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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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    Compact disc (redirect from CD)
    CD-ROM and subsequently expanded into various writable and multimedia formats. As of 2007[update], over 200 billion CDs (including audio CDs, CD-ROMs...
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    influential in the progression of video game music, used in mixed mode CD-ROMs, providing CD-quality audio popularized during the 1990s on hardware such as PlayStation...
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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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    CD Video (also known as CDV, CD-V, or CD+V) was a format of optical media disc that was introduced in 1987 that combines the technologies of standard compact...
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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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    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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    A ROM cartridge, usually referred to in context simply as a cartridge, cart, cassette, or card, is a replaceable part designed to be connected to a consumer...
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    CD-Text is an extension of the Red Book Compact Disc specifications standard for audio CDs. It allows storage of additional information (e.g. album name...
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    those formats, along with having backward compatibility with audio CD, CD-R/-RW, and CD-ROM discs. Compact disc drives are no longer manufactured outside of...
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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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    Philips and Japanese company Sony. It was created as an extension of CDDA and CD-ROM and specified in the Green Book specifications, co-developed by Philips...
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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, CompactFlash drives,...
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    This allows for extended graphic and text features on an audio CD such as CD+G and CD-Text. It is also the only way to write audio files that link together...
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    an audio CD track, other than the interpretation of the data within. Because of this, it is possible to play back CD-ROM data on an audio CD player. However...
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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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