- For the series of U.S. government publications on computer security standards, see Rainbow Series.
- For Reading Rainbow children's television series, see Reading Rainbow.
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- Laserdisc (LD), Video Single Disc (VSD)
- Compact Disc (CD): Red Book, 5.1 Music Disc, SACD, PhotoCD, CD-R, CD-ROM, CD-RW, CD Video (CDV), Video CD (VCD), SVCD, CD+G, CD-Text, CD-ROM XA, CD-Extra, CD-i Bridge, CD-i
- MiniDisc (MD) (Hi-MD)
- DVD: DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RW DL, DVD+RW DL, DVD-RAM, DVD-D
- Ultra Density Optical (UDO)
- Universal Media Disc (UMD)
- HD DVD: HD DVD-R, HD DVD-RW, HD DVD-RAM, HD DVD-ROM
- Blu-ray Disc (BD): BD-R, BD-RE
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- Rainbow Books
- File systems
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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
- Orange Book [1]
- 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,
- The orange book standard references the fact that "Yellow" and "Red" mix to orange; which means that CD-R and CD-RW is capable of music and data; although other colors (other CD standards) that do not mix are capable of being burned onto the physical medium.
- White Book
- Blue Book
- Beige Book
- Green Book [2]
- Purple Book
- Scarlet Book
See also
- Mini CD (6 or 8 cm diameter),
- CD-V (analog video),
- MiniDVD (8-cm cDVD or UDF-CD),
- 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
References
- ^ Philips: Orange Book
- ^ Philips: Green Book
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