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burn a CD
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v. To write a software or document distribution on a CDR. Coined from the
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fact that a laser is used to inscribe the information by burning small pits
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in the medium, and from the fact that disk comes out of the drive warm to
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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, such
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as sending a beta release version to a few selected field test sites.
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Compare cut a tape.
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