Audio CD

Audio CD is an umbrella term that refers to many standards of means of playing back audio on a CD.

It may specifically refer to:

Standards

• Compact Disc (CD), an optical disc used to store digital data
• Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA), a CD that contains PCM encoded digital audio in the original "Red Book" CD-DA format
• 5.1 Music Disc, an extension to the red book standard that uses DTS Coherent Acoustics 5.1 surround sound
• Super Audio CD (SACD), a format which competes with DVD-Audio
• MP3 CD, a CD that contains MP3 files in "Yellow Book" CD-ROM format

See also

• DVD-Audio, a DVD that plays audio

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