TERMIUM Plus^®

Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Optical disks can be classified as read-only disk, write-once disk, rewriteable disk, and read-write disk according to the modification ability of the recording material.  6, record 1, English, - write%2Donce%20optical%20disk

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A WORM [write-once read many times] optical disk [used to write data onto a disk] as marks in the form of holes or pits in a recording layer.  2, record 2, English, - ablative%20optical%20disk

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[A] disc ... made of a bottom layer of polycarbonate, with a preformed track spiral which the recording laser follows when inscribing information onto the disc.  1, record 3, English, - blank%20disc

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A translucent layer of recordable material is laid on top of the polycarbonate, then a reflective layer(gold or silver colored). On top there is a thin layer of lacquer and sometimes a printed label. The standard recordable disc is "write-once"--data written to it cannot be erased, although it is possible to add data in a later session...  1, record 3, English, - blank%20disc

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Disque métallique recouvert d'une couche de laque qui est utilisé pour la reproduction de l'enregistrement original.  1, record 3, French, - disque%20non%20grav%C3%A9

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[CD writer] A common term for a computer-based CD recorder. CD writers can be either external or internal, for installation inside a computer’s unused drive bay. Some computers now come with an internal CD writer already installed.  3, record 4, English, - CD%20writer

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

CD writers are available in models that record on write-once CD-R discs, or both CD-R and rewritable CD-RW media.  3, record 4, English, - CD%20writer

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Computer-based CD writers are often called CD burners for a very simple reason. CD burners (or writers) actually heat small areas on the CD-R surface, which changes the reflectivity of the recording dye layer.  3, record 4, English, - CD%20writer

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Les utilisateurs d'ordinateurs ont été les premiers à créer des CD chez eux [...] Deux types de graveurs de CD sont disponibles. Les graveurs de CD-R, qui utilisent des disques inscriptibles une seule fois, ou de CD-R/CD-RW, qui acceptent aussi bien des disques inscriptibles une seule fois que des disques CD-RW réinscriptibles. [...] L'enregistrement d'un CD sur ordinateur s'effectue de deux manières : directement sur le graveur de CD, ou sur le disque dur. L'enregistrement à l'aide du lecteur de disque dur offre l'avantage d'un contrôle maximal de la musique avant gravure.  4, record 4, French, - graveur%20de%20CD

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A storage medium consisting of a material with two distinct physical states, or phases, that are stable at room temperature and in which bits are set by heating data spots to change them from one phase to the other.  2, record 5, English, - phase%2Dchange%20medium

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The phase-change medium shifts from the magnetic field to the field of lasers. It's derived from write-once, read-many(WORM) technology, in which a laser beam alters the molecular structure-and thus, the reflectivity-of the medium.  3, record 5, English, - phase%2Dchange%20medium

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Support de mémoire constitué d'un matériau qui présente deux états physiques différents, stables à température ambiante et sur lequel les bits sont inscrits par un chauffage : le matériau passe d'un état à l'autre.  2, record 5, French, - support%20%C3%A0%20changement%20de%20phase

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le support physique est sensé être réinscriptible environ 500 000 fois. Il n'est donc pas recommandé d'installer un système d'exploitation à usage permanent tel Linux sur un disque optique à changement de phase. De tels systèmes d'exploitation utilisent souvent le disque à des fins de cache mémoire. Au fil du temps, l'espérance de vie du support à changement de phase risque d'être atteinte.  3, record 5, French, - support%20%C3%A0%20changement%20de%20phase

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish