Nero Burning ROM
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Nero Burning ROM is a popular CD and DVD authoring program for Microsoft Windows and Linux by Nero AG, formerly Ahead Software.
The program's name is intended to be a play on words. Recording CDs and DVDs is often known as "burning", and the infamous Roman Emperor Nero is said to have played his fiddle as Rome burned. This pun is more obvious in the original German as the German name for Rome is Rom.
Since version 6, Nero has been bundled with many other sub-applications such as Nero Wave Editor (for editing audio files), Nero Image Drive (for mounting virtual CDs), Nero BackItUp and Nero Recode.
Nero works with a number of CD-image formats, including the ISO 9660 standard and its proprietary NRG file format.
A Linux port of the application (NeroLINUX) was announced as a free "upgrade" from the Microsoft Windows version in March 2005. The application replicates every feature of the Windows version, and uses the GTK graphical toolkit.
Nero software is available in multiple variations. The most common are the OEM suites, which are bundled with most CD and DVD recorders. Nero also sells a full-featured version.
Version 6.6.0.13 of Nero Burning ROM introduced support for LightScribe.
External links
- Official site of Nero (http://www.nero.com/)