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  1. File system for optical disc media

    ISO 9660 (also known as ECMA -119) is a file system for optical disc media. The file system is an international standard available from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Since the specification is available for anybody to purchase, implementations have been written for many operating systems.
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    ISO 9660 is the standard file system for CD-ROMs. It is also widely used on DVD and BD media and may as well be present on USB sticks or hard disks. Its specifications are available for free under the name ECMA-119 . ISO 9660 is not a complex file system, but has a few quirks that are worth remembering.
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    These include: Platform independent: The ability to work across multiple OS environments, including Windows, macOS, and Linux, is ISO 9660's main defining feature. Directory structure: The ISO 9660 file structure is a simple yet effective hierarchical structure consisting of directories and subdirectories.
    An ISO 9660 compliant disc must contain at least one primary volume descriptor describing the file system and a volume descriptor set terminator which is a volume descriptor that marks the end of the descriptor set.
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    Since ISO 9660 is by design a read-only, pre-mastered file system, all the data has to be written in one go or "session" to the medium. Once written, there is no provision for altering the stored content. ISO 13490 was created to allow adding more files to a writeable disc such as CD-R in multiple sessions.
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    ISO 9660 - Wikipedia

    ISO 9660 (also known as ECMA-119) is a file system for optical disc media. The file system is an international standard available from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Since the specification is available for anybody to purchase, implementations have been written for many operating systems. … See more

    Compact discs were originally developed for recording musical data, but soon were used for storing additional digital data types because they were equally effective for archival mass data storage. Called CD-ROMs, … See more

    There are several extensions to ISO 9660 that relax some of its limitations. Notable examples include Rock Ridge (Unix-style permissions and longer names), Joliet (Unicode, … See more

    Most operating systems support reading of ISO 9660 formatted discs, and most new versions support the extensions such as Rock Ridge and … See more

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    The following is the rough overall structure of the ISO 9660 file system.
    Multi-byte values can be stored in three different formats: little-endian, big-endian, and in a … See more

    Optical disc images are a common way to electronically transfer the contents of CD-ROMs. They often have the filename extension .iso … See more

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    WEBISO 9660 is an international standard that specifies how data is organized on a CD-ROM disc. It was developed in 1985 by a group of tech companies and published by ISO in 1988. Learn more about its history, features …

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