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Glossary
Nero Express 60
15 Glossary
A/D
Analog/Digital. Conversion of analog signals to digital signals.
AIFF
Apple Interchange File Format. Music file format for files that are extracted from a CD and
saved to the hard drive on a Macintosh system.
ASPI
Advanced SCSI Programming Interface. Interface between software, SCSI card, and the
operating system on a PC. This allows the device to communicate with the SCSI card.
ATAPI
Part of the EIDE (Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics) interface that provides additional
commands to control a CD-ROM drive, CD-ROM recorder, hard drive, etc.
Audio CD
Generally consists of multiple audio files (titles). Audio CDs contain audio data only that can
be played on commercially available CD players and on computers with the relevant
software.
Block
The smallest addressable information unit on a CD-ROM. A block corresponds to a sector.
Blue Book
Standard for CDs created in the formats CD Extra and Enhanced CD.
Blu-ray
DVDs use a red laser to read and write data, whereas a blue laser is used to write to Blu-ray
Discs. The shorter wavelength (405 nm) of this laser makes it possible to set the laser beam
more precisely. Data can be packed more tightly and takes up less space on the disc. A Blu-
ray Disc can store up to 25 GB on a single-layer disc and up to 50 GB on a dual-layer disc.
Boot CD
Boot refers to the loading of the operating system on your computer when it starts up. This is
normally done from the hard drive. If for some reason you do not want to boot from your hard
drive, you can use a boot CD to boot from the disc drive.
Bridge Disc
A CD-ROM that can be read from CD drives but also from CD-i devices such as a Photo CD
for example.
Buffer
Memory (buffer) integrated in the drive or the recorder where information is stored
temporarily.