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Disc image file format

Media Descriptor File (MDF) is a proprietary disc image file format developed for Alcohol 120%, an optical disc authoring program. Daemon Tools, CDemu, MagicISO, PowerDVD, and WinCDEmu can also read the MDF format. A disc image is a computer file replica of the computer files and file system of an optical disc. Wikipedia →

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📚 Books worth reading

Data Communications and NetworkingBehrouz A. Forouzan, Catherine Ann Coombs · 2000
Linux System ProgrammingRobert Love · 2007
Learning the bash ShellCameron Newham, Bill Rosenblatt · 1995

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