Optical disc drive operations, and the last speed for read-only (ROM) operations. For example, a 40×/16×/48× CD writer drive is capable of writing to CD-R media at speed of 40× (6,000 KB/s), writing to CD-RW media at speed of 16× (2,400 KB/s), and reading from a CD-ROM media at speed of 48× (7,200 KB/s). During the times of combo (CD-RW/DVD-ROM) drives, an additional speed rating (e.g. the 16× in 52×/32×/52×/16×) is designated for DVD-ROM media reading operations. For DVD writer drives, Blu-ray disc combo drives, and Blu-ray disc writer drives, the writing and reading speed of their respective optical media are specified in
Names given to the Spanish language used was called "castellano". Thus, some Latin American countries formerly under Spanish rule have retained the custom of calling it "castellano", while others eventually switched to calling it "español", with many different factors influencing the final choice. In English, the term "Spanish" relates both to the language and to the nation. The noun used for a person from Spain is "Spaniard", with the collective noun "the Spanish". The term "Castilian" is much less widespread amongst English speakers than the term "Spanish". Two main hypotheses have been proposed for the origin of the word "español": one based on dissimilation in Old