Compaq 277958-001 manual Multiread

Understanding Computer Terms

multiread:

An OSTA (Optical Storage Technology Association) standard for CD-ROM and ROM drives. Drives that follow the multiread standard can read commercial CDs (audio and data), CD-R discs, and CD-RW discs. They can also read CDs written in fixed- or variable-length packets.

multi-session

A method of adding data incrementally to a CD in more than one recording session. If data is linked between sessions, all data on a multi-session CD, when read on a multi-session CD-ROM drive, may be seen as part of a single logical structure. Multi-session is different from packet writing. See packet writing.

mutli-volume

A CD containing multiple sessions that are not linked together. Each volume on the CD must be read as if it were a separate CD. You can read different sessions on a CD by using the Session Selector in Easy CD Creator Deluxe.

music software

Programs for composing and editing music. When you play a tune on a synthesizer keyboard connected to a computer, the music program translates what you play into a written score. Music software creates MIDI files. See MIDI and MIDI connector.

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navigate

To move through a Web site or online document by clicking the hyperlinks. See hyperlink.

Netscape Navigator

A Web browser developed by the Netscape Communications Corporation. See browser.

network

Two or more computers linked together to share resources, such as programs, files, and printers.

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