Owner manual

Adaptec Easy CD Creator Standard Edition
Glossary-2
C
Cache
A portion of RAM used for tem-
porary storage of data that must
be accessed very quickly. In ap-
plications that run from
CD-ROMs, the cache is typically
used to store directory files.
Caddy
The plastic and metal carrier into
which a CD must be inserted be-
fore it is loaded into some
CD-ROM drives or CD
recorders.
CD Plus (aka CD Extra or Enhanced
CD-ROM)
A multisession disc containing
one or more audio tracks in the
first session, and one CD-ROM
XA data track in the second ses-
sion. Additional characteristics
are defined in the Blue Book
standard.
CD-DA
Compact Disc-Digital Audio.
CD-DA discs are recorded ac-
cording to the Red Book stan-
dard, which was developed by
Philips and Sony.
In CD-DA, sound files are writ-
ten at a frequency of 44.1 KHz
and a sample size of 16 bits, and
in stereo; this results in a storage
size of approximately 10 MB of
memory per minute of sound.
CD-DA discs can be played back
from a home or car CD player, or
from a CD-ROM drive through
speakers or headphones at-
tached to the drive’s output jack.
A CD-DA disc may contain up to
99 tracks, each usually represent-
ing a separate piece of music.
CD-I
Compact Disc-Interactive, a CD
format designed to allow interac-
tive multimedia applications to
be played through a small com-
puter/disc player on a home
television screen. Especially
good for real-time animation,
video, and sound. The CD-I stan-
dard is the Green Book.
CD-I Bridge
A set of specifications defining a
way of recording CD-I informa-
tion on a CD-ROM XA disc.
Used for photo CD and video
CD.
CD Layout
A CD layout includes all the set-
tings you have made for a writ-
ing session as well as the Data
Track or Audio Tracks list. When
you re-open the layout, all the
settings remain as before. This
allows you to easily make
another identical CD.
CD-R
Compact Disc-Recordable.
CD-ROM
Compact Disc-Read Only Mem-
ory. A standard for CDs used as
a digital memory medium for
personal computers. Jointly de-
veloped by Sony and Philips and
launched in 1985, the specifica-
tions for CD-ROM were first de-
fined in the Yellow Book.
CD-ROM Drive
A peripheral device attached to a
computer for reading CD-ROM
discs.
CD-ROM XA
XA stands for Extended Archi-
tecture. CD-ROM XA is an exten-