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Glossary
Glossary-9
associated DOS filenames.
Romeo filenames can be read on
Windows 95 and
Windows NT systems. Romeo
CDs can be read on Macintosh
systems if the filenames are no
longer than 31 characters.
Do not use Romeo if your CD
must be read in other conditions.
Run-In/Run-Out Blocks
Whenever the recording laser is
turned off after writing, two run-
out blocks are written. When it is
turned back on again, one link
block and four run-in blocks are
written.
S
SCSI
Small Computer System Inter-
face (pronounced “scuzzy"). An
interface which allows up to sev-
en peripheral devices to be
linked to a single controller.
Most CD recorders are connect-
ed via a SCSI host adapter card.
Sector
The smallest recordable unit on a
CD. A disc can contain [(75 sec-
tors per second) x (60 seconds
per minute) x (number of min-
utes on CD)] sectors. The amount
of data contained in the sector
depends on what physical for-
mat and mode it is recorded in;
for regular CD-ROM (Mode 1)
data, you can fit 2048 bytes
(2 KBytes) of data into a sector.
Session
A recorded area of a CD contain-
ing one or more tracks of any
type (data or audio).
T
Table of Contents (Disc)
Shows the number of tracks re-
corded on CD, their starting lo-
cations, and the total length of
the data area of the CD.
Track
Every time you write to CD, you
create at least one track. Any ses-
sion may contain one or more
tracks, and the tracks within a
session may be of the same or of
different types (for example, a
Mixed-Mode CD contains data
and audio tracks).
Track-at-Once
A method of CD writing in
which the recording laser is
turned off after each track is
written, and on again when a
new track is written. This means
that run-in/run-out blocks are
written between tracks.
U
UPC
Universal Product Code. A
13-digit UPC catalog number for
the entire CD, which may be
written in the CD’s Table of Con-
tents. Also known as EAN.
V
Video CD
A reproduction system to
present full motion pictures with
associated audio using the CD
format. Video and sound are
compressed together using the
MPEG 1 standard, and recorded
onto a CD Bridge
disc.
A video CD contains one data
track recorded in CD-ROM XA
Mode 2, Form 2. It is always the