CD and other disc drive terms

CD and disc drive terms with full definitions and information on each term. Explore this list of over 120 terms like CD-ROM, DVD, drive, and storage. Navigate quickly through the list by clicking one of the letters below; for example, click 'U' to find terms like 'UBCD' in the 'U' section.

Top 10 disc drive terms
Storage Drive CD-ROM Optical disc DVD CD FullScreen BD CD-R UBCD
Number
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A
Access light Anamorphic ATAPI ATRAC Audio CD AutoPlay
B
Backing storage BD BD-ROM Blue book Bronzing Buffer underrun Burn Burner
C
Cable select Caddy CD CDDA CDDB CDE CDfs CD-i CD-IN CD Player CD-PROM CD-R CD-R drive CDRFS CD-ROM CD-ROM tray CD-ROM XA CD rot CD-RW CD spindle CD-WO Chapter Coaster Coaster toaster Compact Disc Country codes
D
D: DAE Demo disc Demo disk Disc Disc spindle Divx DLA Drive DVD DVD-5 DVD-9 DVD-10 DVD-18 DVD Decrypter DVD forum DVD player DVD-R DVD+R DVD+R9 DVD-RAM DVD+R DL DVD rot DVD-RW DVD+RW DVD+RW Alliance DVD shrink DVD spindle
E
Eject El Torito EVD
F
Fast-forward Freedb FullScreen
G
Golden disc Golden edition Green Book
H
HD DVD HD-ROM HFS High Sierra Hybrid
I
ISO 9660 ISO image
J
Jewel box Joliet
K
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L
Laser Letterbox LiveCD
M
Magneto-optical recording Master Master copy Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics Md5sum MKE MO Multiple session CD-R
N
Nero
O
Offline storage Optical disc Optical drive audio connector Optical media Optical storage Orange book
P
Panasonic Panasonic interface Pause PCM Phase change Play button Pwrite
Q
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R
Recordable DVD discs Recordable DVD drives Red book Regional codes Restore disc Rewind Rigid disk Rip R/W
S
SACD Selector channel Slave Slot-load disc drive Source data disk Spindle Storage device SuperDrive SVCD
T
Track Tray
U
UBCD UMD
V
VCD Vesicular film Virtual image
W
White Book Widescreen WORM
X
X
Y
Yellow book
Z
Zone locks

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