FIELD: information technology.
SUBSTANCE: medium is a write-once medium and has a temporary defect management area (TDMA) data structure. Each TDMA is designed for at least storage of temporary defect management information. In one embodiment, the recording medium has a TDMA access indicator area (TAI) for random storage of data which indicate the TDMA being used currently.
EFFECT: cutting on time for searching for the TDMA being used.
21 cl, 12 dwg
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Dates
2010-07-27—Published
2005-06-08—Filed