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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>burn a CD</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="buried-treasure.html" title="buried treasure"/><link rel="next" href="burn-in-period.html" title="burn-in period"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">burn a CD</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="buried-treasure.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="burn-in-period.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="burn-a-CD"/><dt xmlns="" id="burn-a-CD"><b>burn a CD</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> To write a software or document distribution on a CDR. Coined from
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the fact that a laser is used to inscribe the information by burning small
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pits in the medium, and from the fact that disk comes out of the drive warm
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to the touch. Writable CDs can be done on a normal desk-top machine with a
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suitable drive (so there is no protracted release cycle associated with
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making them) but each one takes a long time to make, so they are not
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appropriate for volume production. Writable CDs are suitable for software
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backups and for short-turnaround-time low-volume software distribution,
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such as sending a beta release version to a few selected field test sites.
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