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The Rainbow Books are a collection of CD format specifications.
Contents
Red Book (1980) Edit
Green Book (1986) Edit
- CD-i (Interactive)
Yellow Book (1988) Edit
Orange Book (1990) Edit
Orange is a reference to the fact that red and yellow mix to orange. This correlates with the fact that CD-R and CD-RW are capable of audio ("Red") and data ("Yellow"); although other colors (other CD standards) that do not mix are capable of being burned onto the physical medium. Orange Book also introduced the standard for multisession writing.
Beige Book (1992) Edit
- PCD (Photo)
White Book (1993) Edit
- CD-i Bridge - a bridge format between CD-ROM XA and the Green Book CD-i, which is the base format for Video CDs, Super Video CDs and Photo CDs.
- VCD (Video)
Blue Book (1995) Edit
- E-CD/CD+/CD Extra (Enhanced)
Scarlet Book (1999) Edit
Scarlet color of this book is a reference to the Red Book, which defines original CDDA.
- SACD (Super Audio)
Purple Book (2000) Edit
- DDCD (Double Density)
See alsoEdit
- ISO 9660, a 1986 filesystem standard used in conjunction with CD-ROM formats.
- Orange-Book-Standard, a decision named after the Compact Disc standard, issued in 2009 by the German Federal Court of Justice on the interaction between patent law and standards
External linksEdit
- Philips CD Specifications
- "The Great Books". The World of CDs and DVDs. ThinkQuest. Archived from the original on 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
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