Getting a New MBP and Want to Understand CDs/DVDs

Hello-
this might be the wrong area bt I am sure I will hear if it is. If it is, I apologize in advance.
I have never understood all the various kinds of CDs/DVds. One very specific question I have is trying to purchase the correct CD/DVD for making a copy of the Deluxe TechTool, songs, back-up docs (which I have never done but am planing on getting a really durable external drive to mostly send the back-ups to. On to the CDs at Costco and Best Buy I have not fond a sales person who can explain to be what all the various initials mean and which ones are the best to have for saving things and using the same CD for saving additional date of it is not full and if I want to be able to go back and erase some of the date and RW/R-write over it.
the last CDs I purchased, I put a few songs on one and I could not put anything else. Maybe there is an article that focuses on this topic and explains all the various initials but I really need to learn this. Any help would be much appreciated. Also is there a difference in the sound of recorded music when burning music using a CD that I can keep using until it is full and if I want to make it so that I can't (or any of my brothers can't copy over what I have burned on to the CD?) Not sure if that makes sense. Is there a better quality CD that one would use for music only and when the CD is full I would be ale to do something so that this specific CD can't be used again when it is full, and I make it unusable if anybody tries to add or take away from it.
In advance, thank you.

Fortuny-
I sent Verbatim an -mail. it was fairly long but they were so-so with it. They helped me some understanding their media storage types. Basically, they do not get into using the initials other companies use to tell if the CD or DVD will take on burn or transfer or multiple, if you can erase and use the CD over again, etc. It sounds like (at least for their CDs) their basic CD will take more than one burn of a song or transfer of some data and still just all them "CD-R."
I have never backed up before and I would like to start doing that. When I started using computers and learned how to back-up, we were using CDs to back-up to. (Took a computer class my first year n college and it was MS-DOS. lol) I guess those days are over. Even the DVD and Zip disc are not used much for back-up anymore.
So, I am thinking of getting a heavy-duty external drive that has some rubber added on the edges and can use USB 2.0 or FW 400 or 800. this is primarily for school (grad degree in architecture and planning)
Do you get your Verbatim media from the website or at another store locally?
You satisfied with the quality? (Obviously, but still would like to hear your opinion about that.) Have you used their Music CD (I forgot the exact name)
Thanks again!

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