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packet writing

(storage)
A technique for writing CD-Rs and CD-RWs that is more efficient in both disk space used and the time it takes to write the CD.

Adaptec's DirectCD is a packet writing recorder for Windows 95 and Windows NT that uses the UDF version 1.5 file system.

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packet writing

One of three CD recording methods. The other two are track-at-once and disc-at-once, but packet writing allows smaller blocks of data to be written. Fixed-length packets are commonly used with CD-RWs to make them perform similar to a hard disk and allow small files to be deleted. Variable-length packets are used to save space and are more suitable for recording CD-Rs. See UDF and packet writing software.
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It's pleasing that this Blu-ray comes with movie playback software, as well as the video editing/authoring and packet writing programs.
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-- Recording method: Disc-at-Once, Track-at-Once, Session-at-Once, Fixed & Variable Packet Writing
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The VXA1 uses a packet writing format, which Ecrix claims to make recovery of data possible, even from badly damaged tapes.
Add faster drive speeds; better, more user-friendly software, and technological innovations such as incremental and packet writing to the now-ubiquitous price cuts and suddenly the excuses for not developing and publishing CD-ROMs become extinct.
The package features software for DVD video authoring and DVD/CD burning, as well as for packet writing, so you can easily burn files and folders by dragging them to the icon of a DVD+RW/CD-RW disc.
The Memorex 48x CD-RW Drive comes bundled with a complete solution for creating, archiving, duplicating and saving information, including Nero 5.5, the world's premiere recording application, and InCD, an integrated packet writing solution to easily write data onto rewritable media, both from Ahead Software.
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