optical disk
21optical disc — or optical disk n. any disk on which data, as computer text files, video images, or music, is recorded as microscopic pits to be read by a laser * * * …
22optical disc — or optical disk n. any disk on which data, as computer text files, video images, or music, is recorded as microscopic pits to be read by a laser …
23optical disc — UK US (US also optical disk) noun [C] IT ► a computer disc that is read by a laser (= a narrow beam of light). It can store sound, video, or computer data and programs: »The system is intended for use with next generation optical discs, such as… …
24Magneto Optical Disk — storage medium which uses magnetic and optical methods to read and write data, MOD (Computers) …
25Optical disc drive — A CD/DVD ROM Drive A Blu ray (BD RE DL) writer tray in a Sony Vaio E series laptop …
26Optical jukebox — An optical jukebox is a robotic data storage device that can automatically load and unload optical discs, such as Compact Disc, DVD, Ultra Density Optical or Blu ray disc and can provide terabytes (TB) and petabytes (PB) of tertiary storage. The… …
27optical storage — ▪ technology electronic storage medium that uses low power laser beams to record and retrieve digital (binary) data. In optical storage technology, a laser beam encodes digital data onto an optical, or laser, disk in the form of tiny pits… …
28optical disc — noun a disk coated with plastic that can store digital data as tiny pits etched in the surface; is read with a laser that scans the surface • Syn: ↑optical disk • Hypernyms: ↑memory device, ↑storage device • Hyponyms: ↑compact disk, ↑ …
29Disk formatting — Formatting a hard drive using MS DOS Disk formatting is the process of preparing a hard disk drive or flexible disk medium for data storage. In some cases, the formatting operation may also create one or more new file systems. The formatting… …
30disk drive — noun computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it • Syn: ↑disc drive, ↑hard drive, ↑Winchester drive • Topics: ↑computer science, ↑computing • Hypernyms: ↑ …
