Optical Discs

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An '''optical disc''' is read by a laser. They have been used extensively to store and distribute music, movies, and computer programs and data. CD drives became commonplace in personal computers in the mid-1990s, and burners to create CD-ROMs on personal computers were common by the early 2000s. Later, the higher-capacity DVD format became common both for reading and writing as well, and the even newer BluRay format won a "format war" against rival HD-DVD to get some popularity at present, though physical formats in general are on the wane as a distribution format due to the widespread deployment of the high-bandwidth Internet.
 
An '''optical disc''' is read by a laser. They have been used extensively to store and distribute music, movies, and computer programs and data. CD drives became commonplace in personal computers in the mid-1990s, and burners to create CD-ROMs on personal computers were common by the early 2000s. Later, the higher-capacity DVD format became common both for reading and writing as well, and the even newer BluRay format won a "format war" against rival HD-DVD to get some popularity at present, though physical formats in general are on the wane as a distribution format due to the widespread deployment of the high-bandwidth Internet.
  
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See also:
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* [[Disk Image Formats#Optical Disc Image Formats]]
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* [[Filesystem]]
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== List of formats ==
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* [[Blu-ray Disc]]
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** [[M-Disc]]
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** [[UHD Blu-ray]]
 
* [[CD]] (Compact Disc)
 
* [[CD]] (Compact Disc)
** [[CD-ROM]]
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** [[CD-DA]] (Compact Disc Digital Audio or Red Book)
* [[BluRay Disc]]
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** [[CD-MIDI]]
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** [[CD-ROM]] (Yellow Book)
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** [[CD-ROM XA]]
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*** [[Linked MultiSession]]
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** [[DD-CD]] (Double-density Compact Disc)
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** [[Enhanced CD]]
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** [[Photo CD]] (Beige Book)
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*** [[CD-i]] (Green Book)
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** [[SACD]] (Super Audio CD or Scarlet Book)
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** [[VCD]] (Video CD or White Book)
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*** [[Super Video CD]]
 
* [[DVD]]
 
* [[DVD]]
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** [[DVD-Audio]]
 
** [[DVD-ROM]]
 
** [[DVD-ROM]]
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** [[M-Disc]]
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* [[Enhanced Versatile Disc]]
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* [[GD-ROM]]
 
* [[HD-DVD]]
 
* [[HD-DVD]]
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** [[China Blue High-Definition Disc]]
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* [[Laserdisc]]
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** [[LV-ROM]]
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* [[MiniDisc]]
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* Nintendo optical discs
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** [[Nintendo GameCube Game Disc]]
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** [[Nintendo Wii Optical Disc]]
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** [[Nintendo Wii U Optical Disc]]
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* [[Thomson-CSF system]]
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* [[Ultra Density Optical]]
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* [[Universal Media Disc]]
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* [[IBM 3363 Optical WORM]]
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== Links ==
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* [http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/opticalmedialongevity.html Optical media longevity]
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* [http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/201403/14-0310E/index.html "Archival Disc" standard formulated for professional-use next-generation optical discs] (up to 1 TB capacity)
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* [http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/9581 An Introduction to Optical Media Preservation] by [https://twitter.com/archivetype @archivetype]
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* [http://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rfs/softgame.html Library of Congress Recommended Format Specifications: Software/Gaming]
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* [http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1309/1309.4932.pdf Developing a Robust Migration Workflow for Preserving and Curating Hand-held Media]
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* [http://www.kurzweilai.net/5d-nanostructured-quartz-glass-optical-memory-could-provide-unlimited-data-storage-for-a-million-years 5D nanostructured quartz glass optical memory could provide ‘unlimited’ data storage for a million years] (but reference link there is already 404 Not Found!)
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* [https://www.bitsgalore.org/2015/11/13/preserving-optical-media-from-the-command-line Preserving optical media from the command line]

Latest revision as of 18:33, 25 August 2024

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Some CDs and DVDs

Some CDs and DVDs

An optical disc is read by a laser. They have been used extensively to store and distribute music, movies, and computer programs and data. CD drives became commonplace in personal computers in the mid-1990s, and burners to create CD-ROMs on personal computers were common by the early 2000s. Later, the higher-capacity DVD format became common both for reading and writing as well, and the even newer BluRay format won a "format war" against rival HD-DVD to get some popularity at present, though physical formats in general are on the wane as a distribution format due to the widespread deployment of the high-bandwidth Internet.

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