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A primer on CLV vs. CAV
Authored by: j-beda on Oct 27, '06 09:35:15AM

<I>CD's use CLV (Constant Linear Velocity)</><P>
Deeper digging in wikipedia shows that audio playback uses CLV, but it looks like high speed CD-ROM drives use "constant angular velocity" or some sort of "zoned" CLV, thus allowing for higher data rates for data on the outer tracks of the CD.



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