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Glossary
Firmware
Programs stored in Read Only Memory (ROM) chips.
Flash
A special type of Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
(EPROM) which can be re-written by a computer (Electrical
EPROM or EEPROM), such as the Mirage’s controller board. In
the Mirage, the flash EEPROM (also known as E2) allows the user
to upgrade the Mirage’s firmware and to change targets without
having to return the Mirage to your supplier.
Focus Time
The time taken for the read head to ‘settle’ when it arrives at a
specified sector on the disc, before reading of data can begin.
Frame
Also known as a sector. 2352 bytes of data. 75 frames per second
is known as single-speed.
Glass Master
The glass disc produced from the gold disc by a CD-ROM
duplication house. Used as the master in the duplication of the
final production discs.
Green Book
The document which defines the standard for Compact Disc
Interactive (CD-I).
Header Field
Four bytes recorded at the beginning of every sector which contain
the sector’s address and the mode in which the sector is recorded.
HFS (Hierarchical Filing System)
The disk filing system used on the Apple Macintosh.
High Sierra Format
The standard for logical disc format. Originally proposed by the
High Sierra Group and essentially identical to the ISO 9660
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