Rainbow Books

For the series of U.S. government publications on computer security standards, see Rainbow Series.

Optical disc authoring

Optical disc Optical disc image Optical disc drive Authoring software Recording technologies Recording modes Packet writing
Optical media types
Laserdisc Compact disc (CD): Red Book, 5.1 Music Disc, SACD, PhotoCD, CD-R, CD-ROM, CD-RW, Video CD, SVCD, CD+G, CD-Text, CD-ROM XA, CD-Extra, CD-i Bridge, CD-i MiniDisc DVD: DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RW DL, DVD+RW DL, DVD-RAM, DVD-D HD DVD: HD DVD-R, HD DVD-RW, HD DVD-RAM Blu-ray Disc (BD): BD-R, BD-RE UDO UMD Holographic data storage 3D optical data storage History of optical storage media
Standards
Rainbow Books File systems ISO 9660 Joliet Rock Ridge Amiga Rock Ridge extensions El Torito Apple ISO9660 Extensions Universal Disk Format Mount Rainier

The Rainbow Books are a collection of standards defining the allowed formats of Compact Discs.

Red Book
- CD-DA – Digital Audio extended by CD-Text,
Yellow Book
- CD-ROM – Read-Only Memory and
- CD-ROM XA,
Orange Book ^[1]
- CD-MO – Magneto-Optical
- CD-R alias CD-WO or CD-WORM – Recordable, Write Once or Write Once, Read Many
- CD-RW alias CD-E – ReWritable or Erasable,
- The orange book standard references the fact that "Yellow" and "Red" mix to orange; which means that CD-R and CD-RW is capable of music and data; although other colors (other CD standards) that do not mix are capable of being burned onto the physical medium.
White Book
- VCD – Video and
- CD-Bridge - Hybrid discs, e.g. CD-Ready,
Blue Book
- E-CD – Enhanced,
- CD+ – plus and
- CD+G – plus Graphics (karaoke) extended by CD+EG / CD+XG,
Beige Book
- PCD – Photo (not Picture),
Green Book ^[2]
- CD-i – interactive,
Purple Book
- DDCD – Double Density,
Scarlet Book
- SACD – Super Audio.