CD

The CD (Compact Disc) is a popular medium for recorded sound as well as computer data. It is a laser-read optical disc. Discs of the same size were later used for the DVD and BluRay Disc formats, allowing the same player to support all of these formats.

Types

 * CD-DA (Compact Disc Digital Audio or Red Book)
 * CD-MIDI
 * CD-ROM (Yellow Book)
 * DD-CD (Double-density Compact Disc)
 * Enhanced CD
 * Photo CD (Beige Book)
 * CD-i (Green Book)
 * SACD (Super Audio CD or Scarlet Book)
 * VCD (Video CD or White Book)
 * Super Video CD

Links

 * Wikipedia article
 * How It's Made: Compact Discs (video)