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This page contains links to information about compact discs, how they works and what they can be used for.

	You will find a good explanation of how CD works at HowStuffWorks. How A Compact Disc Works - a Java Applet from Electricity and Magnetism Interactive Java Tutorials, Molecular Expressions http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/cd/ Storage/DVD - from The PC Technology Guide http://www.pctechguide.com/10dvd.htm How DVDs and DVD Players Work - from How Stuff Works http://www.howstuffworks.com/dvd.htm An introduction to CD technology can be found at http://www.quantized.com/Introduction_to_CD.htm An analysis of CD technolgy can be found at http://www.educationau.edu.au/archives/cdrom/Cd_rom.htm How does a compact disc player work and why are they better than record players? from Michigan State University http://www.pa.msu.edu/~sciencet/ask_st/112791.html Compact Disc Basics from the Optical Engineering Laboratory, University of Warwick http://www.eng.warwick.ac.uk/~espbc/courses/undergrad/lecture_6.htm

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