subcode
Noun
Meaning
A code making up part of a larger code.
Any of several channels of data added to a compact disc (or similar) that are used for indexing and tracking.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
After this, 8 bits of subcode or subchannel data are added to each of these encoded frames, which is used for control and addressing when playing the CD.
The other nine bytes consist of eight CIRC error-correction bytes and one subcode byte used for control and display.
The information is stored either in the lead-in area of the CD, where there is roughly five kilobytes of space available, or in the subcode channels R to W on the disc, which can store about 31 megabytes.
Pre-emphasis time constants are 50µs and 15µs (9.49 dB boost at 20kHz), and a binary flag in the disc subcode instructs the player to apply de-emphasis filtering if appropriate.
CIRC encoding plus the subcode byte generate 33-bytes long frames, called "channel-data" frames.