How Stuff Works: Compact Disc
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Description: Detailed descriptions and animations explain the technology used in a compact disc.
HowStuffWorks "How CDs Work" Understanding the CD: The Spiral are everywhere these days. Whether they are used to hold music, data or computer software, they have become the standard medium for distributing large quantities of information in a reliable package. Compact discs are so easy and cheap to produce that America Online sends out millions of them every year to entice new users. And if you have a computer and CD-R drive, you can create your own CDs, including any information you want.
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| Page title: | HowStuffWorks "How CDs Work" |
| Keywords: | cd, how does a CD work, how do CDs work, Compact Disk, compact disc, CD, CDs, CD-ROM drive, CDROM drive, laser, CDROM, CD-ROM, DVD, information, tutorials, explanation, explains, understand, understanding, tell me, students, teachers, study, educational, learns, learning, resources, k12, k-12, help, helpful |
| Description: | Before compact discs, you had to rewind and fast-forward to get to a particular bit of information. Not so with digital storage -- the CD makes pinpointing data a split-second task. Find out how CDs (and CD-ROMs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs) hold and let you retrieve information. |
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| Date | Creation Date: 11-jul-1998 Expiration Date: 10-jul-2014 |