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  2. Compact disc - Wikipedia

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    With a scanning speed of 1.2 m/s, the playing time is 74 minutes or 650 MiB of data on a CD-ROM. A disc with data packed slightly more densely is tolerated by most players (though some old ones fail). Using a linear velocity of 1.2 m/s and a narrower track pitch of 1.5 μm increases the playing time to 80 minutes, and data capacity to 700 MiB.

  3. Compact Disc Digital Audio - Wikipedia

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    Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA or CD-DA), also known as Digital Audio Compact Disc or simply as Audio CD, is the standard format for audio compact discs. The standard is defined in the Red Book technical specifications , which is why the format is also dubbed "Redbook audio" in some contexts. [ 1 ]

  4. Timeline of audio formats - Wikipedia

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    A comparison of sizes for the Microcassette and Minicassette Analog, 1 ⁄ 8 inch wide tape, used generally for note taking, mostly mono, some stereo (developed in the early '80s). 2.4 cm/s or 1.2 cm/s Minicassette: Analog, 1 ⁄ 8 inch wide tape, used generally for note taking, 1.2 cm / s: 1970 Quadraphonic 8-Track (Quad-8) (Q8)

  5. Album - Wikipedia

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    The ten-track compact disc studio album Led Zeppelin III. The compact disc format replaced both the vinyl record and the cassette as the standard for the commercial mass-market distribution of physical music albums. [34] After the introduction of music downloading and MP3 players such as the iPod, US album sales dropped 54.6% from 2001 to 2009 ...

  6. Album (Public Image Ltd album) - Wikipedia

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    Album (also known as Compact Disc, Cassette, or mp3 depending on the format) is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Public Image Ltd, released on 27 January 1986 by Virgin and Elektra Records.

  7. Album era - Wikipedia

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    Usually defined as lasting from the mid-1960s until the mid-2000s, [1] [2] it was driven primarily by three successive music recording formats: the 33⅓ rpm long-playing record (LP), the cassette tape, and the compact disc (CD). Rock musicians from the US and UK were often at the forefront of the era. The term "album era" is also used to refer ...

  8. Rainbow Books - Wikipedia

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    CD-DA (Digital Audio) – originally published by Philips and Sony in 1981, [1] it was later standardized as IEC 60908:1987 [2] and later IEC 60908:1999. [3] CD-Text – a 1996 extension to CD-DA; CD-MIDI – part of the original Red Book standard; CD+G (plus Graphics) – an extension of the Red Book specifications used mainly for karaoke

  9. CD single - Wikipedia

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    A CD single is a music single in the form of a compact disc (CD). Originally the CD single standard (as defined in the Red Book) was an 8 cm (3-inch) "mini CD" (CD3); [1] later on the term referred to any single recorded onto a CD of any size, particularly the 12 cm (5-inch) "full-size" disc (CD5).