Glossary of Terms


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Media
the physical matter that stores data for logical structures of directories and files. See also “volume” and “disk.”

Mt. Rainier-compliant disc drives
Different from conventional drives, these CD-RW drive support devices are manufactured especially for reliability and background formatting to make them easy to use.

NTFS
Windows NT File System.

OSTA
Optical Storage Technology Association, the consortium of manufacturers which controls the specifications for UDF devices.

Overexposure
A photo taken in a strong lighting situation, where too much light has reached the film. The result is a washed out, overly bright image with little contrast or color, and some color information has been lost.

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