A
software and
hardware standard developed jointly by Philips International and Sony Corporation for
storing video, audio, and
binary data on compact
optical disks. It
supports 552MB (
megabytes) of binary data and specifies several different types of video and audio encoding
formats. Unlike conventional
CD-ROM drives, CD-I
drives have a built-in
microprocessor to handle many of the computing
functions. It is sometimes referred to as the
Green Book standard.
Although there are some CD-I devices and titles, the format has not become widely accepted.
