MD shares many of the characteristics of a computer file system. It has a
freelist. It has a directory. One could even consider the track titles to
be sort of a "file name" although it doesn't mind duplicate titles, since
access is by track number. Data chunks can be stored out-of-order. MD
allows good editing features.
Contrast this with an audio CD. It's directory is somewhat primative.
There is no freelist, hence the CDR mis-feature of adding/erasing only at
the end. CDR has generally poor editing features. Tracks must be stored
sequentially. Track titles are not covered by the basic standard, but are
handled by the "CD text" extension, which most equipment and CDs don't
support.
MD is a lot closer to a traditional computer disk file system than CD.
Cassette is easily a poorer file system than CD or MD. I can still remember
the early days of microcomputers, loading programs from cassettes and/or
paper tape. How far we've come!
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