The Rainbow Books are a collection of standards defining the allowed formats of Compact Discs. In computing, optical disc authoring, including CD authoring and DVD authoring, known often as burning, is the process of recording source material—video, audio or other data—onto an optical disc (compact disc or DVD). ... In computing, sound reproduction, and video, an optical disc is flat, circular, usually polycarbonate disc whereon data is stored. ... It has been suggested that ISO image be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with DVD burner. ... Optical disc authoring software is computer software for authoring optical discs including CD-ROMs and DVDs. ... CD and DVD recorders for authoring optical discs such as CD-ROMs and DVDs have a history of various technologies. ... In optical disc authoring, there are multiple modes for recording: Dics At Once and Track At Once. ... Packet writing is a technique used to allow writeable CD-ROM and DVD-ROM media to be used in a similar manner to a floppy disk. ... Interference colors. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... A CD-R (Compact Disc-Recordable) is variation of the Compact Disc digital audio disc invented by Philips and Sony. ... Compact Disc ReWritable (CD-RW) is a rewritable optical disc format. ... DVD-R writing/reading side DVD-R with purple dye, 4. ... A DVD+R disc The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... A DVD+R disc A DVD+R is a writable optical disc with 4. ... DVD+R DL (Double Layer), also known as DVD+R9, is a derivative of the DVD+R format created by the DVD+RW Alliance. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... A spindle with discs of the DVD+RW format A DVD+RW is a rewritable optical disc with equal storage capacity to a DVD+R, typically 4. ... You can recognize a DVD-RAM immediately because visually there are lots of little rectangles distributed on the surface of the data carrier. ... ISO 9660, a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization, defines a file system for CD-ROM media. ... Joliet is the name of an extension to the ISO 9660 file system. ... The Rock Ridge Interchange Protocol (RRIP, IEEE P1282) is an extension to the ISO 9660 volume format which adds POSIX file system semantics. ... The El Torito Bootable CD Specification is an extension to the ISO 9660 CD-ROM specification. ... For other meanings of UDF, see UDF (disambiguation). ... Mount Rainier is an expansion to the Universal Disk Format (UDF). ... Interference colors. ...

• Red Book
  • CD-DA – Digital Audio extended by CD Text,
• Yellow Book
  • CD-ROM – Read-Only Memory and
  • CD-ROM XA,
• Orange Book
  • CD-R alias CD-WO – Recordable or Write Once and
  • CD-RW alias CD-E – ReWritable or Erasable,
• White Book
  • VCD – Video and
  • CD-Bridge - Hybrid discs, e.g. CD-Ready,
• Blue Book
  • E-CD – Enhanced,
  • CD+ – plus and
  • CD+G – plus Graphics (karaoke) extended by CD+EG / CD+XG,
• Beige Book
  • PCD – Photo (not Picture),
• Green Book
  • CD-i – interactive,
• Purple Book
  • DDCD – Double Density,
• Scarlet Book
  • SACD – Super Audio.

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Rainbow Books. ... CD-TEXT is a extension of the standard Red Book Compact Disc specification, which allows to store additional text for each track on the disk. ... Categories: Rainbow Books | Computer storage | Stub ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... The Orange Book (or Orange Books) is a series of technical standards published by Philips containing full specifications of the CD-MO, CD-R and CD-RW discs. ... A CD-R (Compact Disc-Recordable) is variation of the Compact Disc digital audio disc invented by Philips and Sony. ... Compact Disc ReWritable (CD-RW) is a rewritable optical disc format. ... Rainbow Books: Red Book (CD Digital Audio), Yellow Book (CD-ROM and CD-ROM XA), Orange Book (CD-R and CD-RW), White Book (Video CD), Blue Book (Enhanced Music CD, CD+G and CD-Plus), Beige Book (Photo CD), Green Book (CD-i). ... Video CD or VCD, or Compact Disc digital video, is a standard digital format for storing video on a Compact Disc. ... In the UK Blue book is the nickname given to a Westminster parliamentary paper with a blue cover. ... Enhanced CD is a certification mark of the Recording Industry Association of America for various technologies that combine audio and computer data for use in both compact disc and CD-ROM players. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... A Karaoke machine Karaoke (Japanese: カラオケ, from 空 kara, empty, and オーケストラ ōkesutora, orchestra) is a form of entertainment in which an amateur singer or singers sing along with recorded music on microphone. ... Photo CD is a system designed by Kodak for digitising and storing photos in a CD. Launched in 1992, the disks were designed to hold nearly 100 high quality images, scanned prints and slides using special proprietary encoding. ... Rainbow Books: Red Book (CD Digital Audio), Yellow Book (CD_ROM and CD_ROM XA), Orange Book (CD_R and CD_RW), White Book (Video CD), Blue Book (Enhanced Music CD, CD+G and CD_Plus), Beige Book (Photo CD), Green Book (CD_i). ... CD-i or Compact Disc Interactive is the name of an interactive multimedia CD player developed and marketed by Royal Philips Electronics N.V. CD-i also refers to the multimedia Compact Disc standard utilized by the CD-i console, also known as Green Book, which was co-developed by... Purple Book is the informal name for Sony and Philips specification document for the double-density Compact Disc (DDCD) format. ... Double Density Compact Disc (DDCD) is a compact disc-based optical disc technology developed by Sony. ... The scarlet book is the initial specification for the Super Audio CD format. ... Super Audio CD (SACD) is a read-only optical audio disc aimed at providing higher fidelity digital audio reproduction than the compact disc. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Rainbow Books. ... Categories: Rainbow Books | Computer storage | Stub ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... The Orange Book (or Orange Books) is a series of technical standards published by Philips containing full specifications of the CD-MO, CD-R and CD-RW discs. ... A CD-R (Compact Disc-Recordable) is variation of the Compact Disc digital audio disc invented by Philips and Sony. ... Compact Disc ReWritable (CD-RW) is a rewritable optical disc format. ... The White Book, which was released in 1987 by Sony, Philips, Matsushita, and JVC refers to a standard of compact disc that stores not only sound but also still pictures and motion video. ... Video CD or VCD, or Compact Disc digital video, is a standard digital format for storing video on a Compact Disc. ... In the UK Blue book is the nickname given to a Westminster parliamentary paper with a blue cover. ... Enhanced CD is a certification mark of the Recording Industry Association of America for various technologies that combine audio and computer data for use in both compact disc and CD-ROM players. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Photo CD is a system designed by Kodak for digitising and storing photos in a CD. Launched in 1992, the disks were designed to hold nearly 100 high quality images, scanned prints and slides using special proprietary encoding. ... Rainbow Books: Red Book (CD Digital Audio), Yellow Book (CD_ROM and CD_ROM XA), Orange Book (CD_R and CD_RW), White Book (Video CD), Blue Book (Enhanced Music CD, CD+G and CD_Plus), Beige Book (Photo CD), Green Book (CD_i). ... CD-i or Compact Disc Interactive is the name of an interactive multimedia CD player developed and marketed by Royal Philips Electronics N.V. CD-i also refers to the multimedia Compact Disc standard utilized by the CD-i console, also known as Green Book, which was co-developed by... Purple Book is the informal name for Sony and Philips specification document for the double-density Compact Disc (DDCD) format. ... Double Density Compact Disc (DDCD) is a compact disc-based optical disc technology developed by Sony. ... The scarlet book is the initial specification for the Super Audio CD format. ... Super Audio CD (SACD) is a read-only optical audio disc aimed at providing higher fidelity digital audio reproduction than the compact disc. ...

See also

• MiniCD (6 or 8 cm diameter),
• MiniDVD,
• DVD, UMD,
• HD-DVD, BD, EVD,
• SVCD,
• CD-V,
• CD-MRW,
• ML-CD, DDCD,
• CC-CD (UnCD),
• XRCD, HDCD.