CD and other disc drive terms

Updated: 11/12/2023 by Computer Hope

CD and disc drive terms with full definitions and information on each term. Explore this list of over 120 terms like CD-ROM, DVD, drive, and storage. Navigate quickly through the list by clicking one of the letters below; for example, click 'U' to find terms like 'UBCD' in the 'U' section.

Top 10 disc drive terms
Compact Disc

Storage
Drive
CD-ROM
Optical disc
DVD
CD
FullScreen
BD
CD-R
UBCD

Number

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A

Access light
Anamorphic
ATAPI
ATRAC
Audio CD
AutoPlay

B

Backing storage
BD
BD-ROM
Blue book
Bronzing
Buffer underrun
Burn
Burner

C
Laptop CD-ROM tray

Cable select
Caddy
CD
CDDA
CDDB
CDE
CDfs
CD-i
CD-IN
CD Player
CD-PROM
CD-R
CD-R drive
CDRFS
CD-ROM
CD-ROM tray
CD-ROM XA
CD rot
CD-RW
CD spindle
CD-WO
Chapter
Coaster
Coaster toaster
Compact Disc
Country codes

D
Blank CD spindle

D:
DAE
Demo disc
Demo disk
Disc
Disc spindle
Divx
DLA
Drive
DVD
DVD-5
DVD-9
DVD-10
DVD-18
DVD Decrypter
DVD forum
DVD player
DVD-R
DVD+R
DVD+R9
DVD-RAM
DVD+R DL
DVD rot
DVD-RW
DVD+RW
DVD+RW Alliance
DVD shrink
DVD spindle

E

Eject
El Torito
EVD

F

Fast-forward
Freedb
FullScreen

G

Golden disc
Golden edition
Green Book

H

HD DVD
HD-ROM
HFS
High Sierra
Hybrid

I

ISO 9660
ISO image

J

Jewel box
Joliet

K

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L

Laser
Letterbox
LiveCD

M

Magneto-optical recording
Master
Master copy
Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics
Md5sum
MKE
MO
Multiple session CD-R

N

Nero

O

Offline storage
Optical disc
Optical drive audio connector
Optical media
Optical storage
Orange book

P

Panasonic
Panasonic interface
Pause
PCM
Phase change
Play button
Pwrite

Q

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R

Recordable DVD discs
Recordable DVD drives
Red book
Regional codes
Restore disc
Rewind
Rigid disk
Rip
R/W

S

SACD
Selector channel
Slave
Slot-load disc drive
Source data disk
Spindle
Storage device
SuperDrive
SVCD

T

Track
Tray

U

UBCD
UMD

V

VCD
Vesicular film
Virtual image

W

White Book
Widescreen
WORM

X

X

Y

Yellow book

Z

Zone locks

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