From 2ff023f33ae15a5f03a24f7410cf23ccec7ceedf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rocky Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 15:39:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Glossary of terms. Some of this culled from vcdimager. --- doc/glossary.texi | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/glossary.texi diff --git a/doc/glossary.texi b/doc/glossary.texi new file mode 100644 index 00000000..aefbcec4 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/glossary.texi @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +See also @uref{http://www.dvdrhelp.com/glossary}. + +@table @acronym + +@item CD +Compact Disc + +@item CD-DA +@acronym{CD} Digital Audio. This commonly referred to as an audio +@acronym{CD} and what most people think of when you play a +@acronym{CD} as it was the first to use the @acronym{CD} medium. + +@item CD-ROM +@acronym{CD} Read Only Memory + +@item CD-ROM XA +CD-ROM EXtended Architecture. A modificattion to the CD-ROM +specification that defines two new types of sectors. CD-ROM XA was +developed jointly by Sony, Philips, and Microsoft, and its +specifications were published in an extension to the Yellow Book. +CD-i, Photo CD, Video CD and CD-EXTRA have all subsequently been based +on CD-ROM XA. + +@item CD-XA +See @acronym{CD-ROM XA}. + +@item FSF +Free Software Foundation, @uref{http://www.fsf.org/} + +@item GNU +@acronym{GNU} is not @acronym{UNIX}, @uref{http://www.gnu.org/} + +@item ISO +International Standards Organization. + +@item SVCD +Super @acronym{VCD} @uref{http://www.dvdrhelp.com/svcd} + +@item VCD +Video @acronym{CD} @uref{http://www.dvdrhelp.com/vcd} + +@item XA +See @acronym{CD-ROM XA} + +@end table