CD-R: CD-Recordable: a compact disc that holds either 650 or 700 MB of digital information, including digital photos. Creating one is commonly referred to as burning a CD. A CD-R disc can only be written to once, and is an ideal storage medium for original digital photos.

 

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CD-R: CD-Recordable: a compact disc that holds either 650 or 700 MB of digital information, including digital photos. Creating one is commonly referred to as burning a CD. A CD-R disc can only be . . . View Full Definition

Compact Disk Rewritable (CD-RW): A rewritable CD or a recording device that handles them. Can be rewritten by a CD recording device at least 1,000 times. CD-RW drives can also be used to write CD-Rs and read CD-ROMs.

CD-RW: CD-Rewritable: similar in virtually all respects to a CD-R, except that a CD-RW disc can be written and erased many times. This makes them best suited to many backup tasks, but not for long . . . View Full Definition

Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM): A durable and low cost circular optical storage device widely used to store large amounts of information on a personal computer.

Compact Disk Recordable (CD-R): A CD that can have information written to it one time by a CD recording device. May have multisession capabilities, allowing it to be written to during different sessions, but not overwritten.

Courseware: The media, either text, computer program, or CD-ROM that contains the instructional content of the course.

Hypertext Novel: Also called hyperfiction, a hypertext novel is one written using some variant of HTML programming languages and published online or on CD-ROM. The hypertext code allows a reader to click on . . . View Full Definition

Multisession: A term used with CD-ROM recording to describe a recording event. Multisession capability allows data recording on the disk at different times, essentially, over several recording sessions.

AT Attachment Packet Interface (ATAPI): A specification that defines device-side characteristics for IDC peripherals like CD-ROM and tape drives.

Drive Bay: An allocated space inside a computer case where an internal device such as a; floppy, CD-ROM or DVD-ROM is mounted.