CD Format

ISO 9660

A more standardized format than the original CD-ROM standard. Unlike other standards based on the original CD-ROM standard, this standard is not operating system-specific.

CD-I

A proprietary standard for creating CDs with built-in interactivity. These are not CDs with interactive software programs on them.

Video CD

A standard for structuring digitized MPEG video files.

CD-ROM XA

An extension to the ISO 9660 standard. Allows multiple types of data (audio, data, video) to be put on the same CD.

red

Audio CDs are this book color

CD-DA

Audio CDs are this standard

Compact Disk - Recordable

CD-R stands for

compact disk read only memory

CD-ROM stands for

Compact Disk Re-Writable

CD-RW stands for

book color

Compact disc formats are categorized by ______

yellow

Data CDs are this book color

green

Interactive CDs are this book color

orange

Multi-session CDs (Defines standards for recording data to a CD in more than one increment.) are this book color

High Sierra format

The predecessor to the ISO 9660 standard was called the ______________.

CD-RW

The standard for re-writeable optical CDs.

CD-R

The standard for recordable optical CDs.

CD-ROM

This is the original CD standard

White

Video CDs are this book color