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Nero Express Glossary • 159
On-The-Fly
A process for burning data onto a CD-R. There are two different methods of
doing this. With the classical and older method, all of the data which is to be
recorded onto the CD is first stored in a buffer in a large file known as an image
file. From there, it is copied or burned onto the CD-R. In contrast to this, the
method known as On-The-Fly transfers the data directly from their original
memory locations on a hard drive onto the CD-R. With Nero, a so-called
compilation is used for this purpose. This is a small file which only cross-
references the data to be transferred.
Orange Book
The standard in which the CD-MO (Magneto-Optical) and CD-WO (Write Once)
technologies are defined. It provides the basis for CD-R.
PAL
PAL is the standard video and television in Europe. PAL has more horizontal
lines than NTSC however, PAL has less frames per second than NTSC.
Photo-CD
A CD which is used for storing images, photos, slides and other visual data. The
Photo-CD is generally capable of multi-sessions. The standard originates from
Kodak and Philips.
Plugin
A plugin is a software file that allows one to have or use extra features with their
software or to help fix an issue.
Premastering
The preparation of data which is to be written onto a CD at some later time. An
image, which represents an exact replica of the data and the directory structure,
is usually created first.
Red Book
This standard describes the CD-DA.
Romeo
An old outdated data structure standard which was created by Adaptec to
support filenames up to 128 characters long including spaces. Files used with the
Romeo standard can only be read under Windows ’95 and NT operating
systems. Unicode characters are not supported, however, they can be read on
the Macintosh systems provided that the characters do not exceed 31 characters.
Scan Rate
This is the indication of the frequency with which analog signals are converted
into digital characters.