Rainbow Books
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- For the series of U.S. government publications on computer security standards, see Rainbow Series.
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The Rainbow Books are a collection of standards defining the allowed formats of Compact Discs.
- Red Book
- CD-DA – Digital Audio extended by CD Text,
- Yellow Book
- CD-ROM – Read-Only Memory and
- CD-ROM XA,
- Orange Book <ref>Philips: Orange Book</ref>
- White Book
- Blue Book
- E-CD – Enhanced,
- CD+ – plus and
- CD+G – plus Graphics (karaoke) extended by CD+EG / CD+XG,
- Beige Book
- Green Book <ref>Philips: Green Book</ref>
- CD-i – interactive,
- Purple Book
- DDCD – Double Density,
- Scarlet Book
- SACD – Super Audio.
[edit] See also
- Mini CD (6 or 8 cm diameter),
- CD-V (analog video),
- MiniDVD (8-cm cDVD or UDF-CD), KVCD,
- SVCD (incorporating CVD and HQ-VCD),
- DVD, UMD,
- HD DVD, BD, EVD,
- CC-CD (UnCD),
- CD-MRW (packet writing),
- ML-CD, DDCD,
- XRCD, HDCD,
- HVD (holographic).
[edit] External links
- Understanding CD-R & CD-RW by Hugh Bennett
- Another summary of the books
[edit] References
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