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| <para>Five physical recordable formats can be defined for a | <para>Five physical recordable formats can be defined for a | ||||
| recordable <acronym>DVD</acronym>:</para> | recordable <acronym>DVD</acronym>:</para> | ||||
| <itemizedlist> | <itemizedlist> | ||||
| <listitem> | <listitem> | ||||
| <para>DVD-R: This was the first <acronym>DVD</acronym> | <para>DVD-R: This was the first <acronym>DVD</acronym> | ||||
| recordable format available. The DVD-R standard is defined | recordable format available. The DVD-R standard is defined | ||||
| by the <link | by the <link | ||||
| xlink:href="http://www.dvdforum.com/forum.shtml"><acronym>DVD</acronym> | xlink:href="http://www.dvdforum.org/forum.shtml"><acronym>DVD</acronym> | ||||
| Forum</link>. This format is write once.</para> | Forum</link>. This format is write once.</para> | ||||
| </listitem> | </listitem> | ||||
| <listitem> | <listitem> | ||||
| <para><acronym>DVD-RW</acronym>: This is the rewritable | <para><acronym>DVD-RW</acronym>: This is the rewritable | ||||
| version of the DVD-R standard. A | version of the DVD-R standard. A | ||||
| <acronym>DVD-RW</acronym> can be rewritten about 1000 | <acronym>DVD-RW</acronym> can be rewritten about 1000 | ||||
| times.</para> | times.</para> | ||||
| </listitem> | </listitem> | ||||
| <listitem> | <listitem> | ||||
| <para><acronym>DVD-RAM</acronym>: This is a rewritable format | <para><acronym>DVD-RAM</acronym>: This is a rewritable format | ||||
| which can be seen as a removable hard drive. However, this | which can be seen as a removable hard drive. However, this | ||||
| media is not compatible with most | media is not compatible with most | ||||
| <acronym>DVD-ROM</acronym> drives and DVD-Video players as | <acronym>DVD-ROM</acronym> drives and DVD-Video players as | ||||
| only a few <acronym>DVD</acronym> writers support the | only a few <acronym>DVD</acronym> writers support the | ||||
| <acronym>DVD-RAM</acronym> format. Refer to <xref | <acronym>DVD-RAM</acronym> format. Refer to <xref | ||||
| linkend="creating-dvd-ram"/> for more information on | linkend="creating-dvd-ram"/> for more information on | ||||
| <acronym>DVD-RAM</acronym> use.</para> | <acronym>DVD-RAM</acronym> use.</para> | ||||
| </listitem> | </listitem> | ||||
| <listitem> | <listitem> | ||||
| <para><acronym>DVD+RW</acronym>: This is a rewritable format | <para><acronym>DVD+RW</acronym>: This is a rewritable format | ||||
| defined by the <link | defined by the <link | ||||
| xlink:href="http://www.dvdrw.com/"><acronym>DVD+RW</acronym> | xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD%2BRW_Alliance"> | ||||
| Alliance</link>. A <acronym>DVD+RW</acronym> can be | <acronym>DVD+RW</acronym> Alliance</link>. A | ||||
| rewritten about 1000 times.</para> | <acronym>DVD+RW</acronym> can be rewritten about 1000 | ||||
| times.</para> | |||||
| </listitem> | </listitem> | ||||
| <listitem> | <listitem> | ||||
| <para>DVD+R: This format is the write once variation of the | <para>DVD+R: This format is the write once variation of the | ||||
| <acronym>DVD+RW</acronym> format.</para> | <acronym>DVD+RW</acronym> format.</para> | ||||
| </listitem> | </listitem> | ||||
| </itemizedlist> | </itemizedlist> | ||||
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