Rainbow Books
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- For the series of U.S. government publications on computer security standards, see Rainbow Series.
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The Rainbow Books are a collection of standards defining the allowed formats of Compact Discs.
- Red Book
- * CD-DA – Digital Audio extended by CD Text,
- Yellow Book
- * CD-ROM – Read-Only Memory and
- * CD-ROM XA,
- Orange Book [Philips: Orange Book]
- * CD-MO – Magneto-Optical
- * CD-R alias CD-WO or CD-WORM – Recordable, Write Once or Write Once, Read Many
- * CD-RW alias CD-E – ReWritable or Erasable,
- White Book
- * VCD – Video and
- * CD-Bridge - Hybrid discs, e.g. CD-Ready,
- Blue Book
- * E-CD – Enhanced,
- * CD+ – plus and
- * CD+G – plus Graphics (karaoke) extended by CD+EG / CD+XG,
- Beige Book
- * PCD – Photo (not Picture),
- Green Book [Philips: Green Book]
- * CD-i – interactive,
- Purple Book
- * DDCD – Double Density,
- Scarlet Book
- * SACD – Super Audio.
See also
- Mini CD (6 or 8 cm diameter),
- CD-V (analog video),
- MiniDVD (8-cm cDVD or UDF-CD), KVCD,
- SVCD (incorporating CVD and HQ-VCD),
- DVD, UMD,
- HD DVD, BD, EVD,
- CC-CD (UnCD),
- CD-MRW (packet writing),
- ML-CD, DDCD,
- XRCD, HDCD,
- HVD (holographic).
External links
- [Understanding CD-R & CD-RW] by Hugh Bennett
- [Another summary of the books]
References
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