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See, I had a 6 cd rack for burning but I never learned why it was called burning. Every time I asked in irc, they said something to the effect of “head to the doctor, you should get that looked at.” Any kind lemming care to elucidate me?
Edit: finally I can rest in peace (and go to the doctor)
Sure! It's called "burning a CD" because you are literally burning it. You are using a laser to burn or etch a texture into the CD that can be read by the lasers in other CD drives.
Anyone more knowledgeable than me is more than welcome to add details and correct whatever I got wrong. I know the basic concept, but I'm no CD engineer.
Edit: The original explanation I had here was that a laser burns pits in the CD material but that was wrong, apparently only pressed discs use physical pits in the material. The laser used in a home CD burner changes the color of a photosensitive dye on a recordable CD. So I think actually "burning" is due to a misunderstanding (which I had until I just looked it up) of how a home CD writer works.
Huh, you learn something new everyday. Thanks!
No you don't! You can't make me!!! I'LL NEVER LEARN!!!
continues being American
My understanding was that it had to do with the laser in the CD/DVD/bluray drive "burning" the data onto the disc.