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01_LAYOUT_GB 22-11-2000 09:21 Pagina 24 CDRW APPENDIX (CONT.) ENGLISH • That standard way is MultiRead. And any CD drive can play all CD media - CD-Digital Audio, CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW - provided that it supports MultiRead. • What is more, MultiRead extends the same compatibility to DVD. All DVD equipment that supports MultiRead will also be able to retrieve CD-RW data. This means that you can go ahead now with storing valuable data on CD-RW media, safe in the knowledge that it will be future-proof. Glossary of terms CD-R Copyright acknowledgment: This part contain material from "OSTA - Optical Storage Technology Association". Published with permission. "Optical Storage Technology Association" 311 East Carrillo Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 - USA Tel.: (805) 963 3853 Fax.: (805) 962 1541 World Wide Web homepage: http://www.osta.org WHAT IS CD-RECORDABLE? • CD-Recordable is compact disc technology that allows the user to create their own CD's. This is done by means of a recording system that uses "Write once" type optical discs and documented in the "Orange Book, Part II" and a CD recording device that is connected to a host system. Typically, the host system is a personal computer which also contains recording software. 24