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Overburning, in computing, is the process of writing past the end of a writable compact disc medium, allowing a small amount of extra data to be written.
At the end of a compact disc, there is often a small margin allowing extra data to be written to the disc. Often in the normal writing process the data stops before this area, but CD burning software can override this boundary to squeeze extra data onto the disc.
Overburning is not just a mere convenience to space-conscious home compact disc writers. If a certain piece of software is slightly over the CD size limit (e.g. requires 651 MB of space on a 650 MB disc), overburning alleviates the need to ship two compact discs, dramatically decreasing the price of distribution.
External links
- Oversize CD-R (http://cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_oversize.shtml)
- Nero Overburn (http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=253)
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