Illustration: Pits & Lands of a CD-ROM

T E X T B O O K   I L L U S T R A T I O N
Multimedia in Action
James E. Shuman, Wadsworth Publishing

CD-ROM Cross-Section

Answer: It's the pits. Question: How does a CD-ROM store data? A series of teensy-weensy holes are burned into the surface of the master disc and duplicated on the many copies made from it. The holes are called pits, the flat places lands.

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