MIL-HDBK-9660 Dod Produced Cd-Rom ProductsThis document was prepared by the Defense information Systems Agency DISA, in cooperation with the services and other activities within the Department of Defense DOD. The goal of this document is to provide information and guidelines to support the creation and interoperability of Compact Disc-Read Only Memory CD-ROM development and use within DOD. This document specifies core compact disc fundamentals for the DOD community. It is strongly recommended all DOD components comply with the fundamentals established within this document. Specialized functions within DOD may require expanded internal guidance to meet their own mission needs. All other Government entities are invited to use this document.

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3.  DEFINITIONS

3.1  Acronyms and Abbreviations.  Acronyms and abbreviations related to this handbook are defined below.

ADC            -            Automated Document Conversion

AITS           -            Adopted Information Technology Standards

ANSI           -            American National Standards Institute

ASCII          -            American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASMO         -            Advanced Storage Magneto-Optical (120mm) CAD            -            Computer-Aided Design

CAM           -            Computer Aided Manufacturing

CALS          -            Continuous Acquisition and Life Cycle Support.  (Also:  JCALS-Joint

Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistic Support)

CCITT         -            Comite Consultatif International de Telegraphique et Telephonique

(International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (See ITU). CD              -            Compact Disc

CD-I            -            Compact Disc - Interactive

CD-R          -            Compact Disc - Recordable

CD-R2        -            CD-Recordable media compatible with both CD and DVD players. CD-ROM     -            Compact Disc - Read Only Memory

CD-RW        -            Compact Disc - Rewritable (formerly known as CD-Erasable (CD-E)) CD-V        -            Compact Disc - Video, aka Video-CD

CGM           -            Computer Graphics Metafile

CIA             -            Central Intelligence Agency

CIPS           -            Combined Intelligence Publishing Service

COMSEC                 Communications Security

DBMS         -            Data Base Management System

DEC            -            Digital Equipment Corporation

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