history of optical storage media there have been and there are different optical disc formats with different data writing/reading speeds. Original CD-ROM...
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reading and writing to the discs. Britannica notes that it "uses low-power laser beams to record and retrieve digital (binary) data." Optical storage...
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until the late 1960s and early 1970s. Computer storage Optical character recognition Optical storage media writing and reading speed Turing machine Durini...
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magneto-optical drive is a kind of optical disc drive capable of writing and rewriting data upon a magneto-optical disc. 130 mm (5.25 in) and 90 mm (3...
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process of reading or writing data to or from optical discs. Some drives can only read from certain discs, while other drives can both read and record. Those...
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Holographic data storage is a potential technology in the area of high-capacity data storage. While magnetic and optical data storage devices rely on individual...
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velocity (used mainly in optical storage) varies the rotational speed of the optical disc depending upon the position of the head, and constant angular velocity...
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drive owner's warranty, especially in the former case. Optical storage media writing and reading speed After Dawn. "After Dawn glossary riplock". Retrieved...
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Computer data storage or digital data storage is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media that are used to retain digital data...
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media. The Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) promoted standardized optical storage formats. Libraries and archives enact optical media preservation...
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Constant linear velocity (category Optical computer storage)
optical storage, constant linear velocity (CLV) is a qualifier for the rated speed of an optical disc drive, and may also be applied to the writing speed...
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DVD (redirect from Optical Disk Device)
digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in...
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CD-ROM (redirect from Quad speed CD-ROM)
the early 2000s, and the use of CD-ROMs for commercial software is now rare. The earliest theoretical work on optical disc storage was done by independent...
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Constant angular velocity (category Optical computer storage)
into writing with a constant linear velocity. Constant linear velocity (CLV) Zone bit recording (ZCAV) Optical storage media writing and reading speed § Various...
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Floppy disk (category Computer storage media)
storage methods with much greater data storage capacity and data transfer speed, such as USB flash drives, memory cards, optical discs, and storage available...
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consumer-grade HDDs offer data storage at about US$15–20 per terabyte. Magneto-optical recording writes/reads optically. When writing, the magnetic medium is...
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Non-volatile memory (redirect from Non-volatile storage)
storage, hard disk drives, optical discs, floppy disks, and magnetic tape), and early computer storage methods such as punched tape and cards. Non-volatile memory...
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CD-RW (category Optical computer storage media)
Disc-Rewritable) is a digital optical disc storage format introduced by Ricoh in 1997. A CD-RW compact disc (CD-RWs) can be written, read, erased, and re-written. CD-RWs...
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USB flash drive (redirect from USB flash storage)
rewritable, and smaller than an optical disc, and usually weighs less than 30 g (1 oz). Since first offered for sale in late 2000, the storage capacities...
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and 6×CLV of which the highest speed zone depends on the used media's speed rating Hitachi-LG Data Storage Sony Optiarc "U.S. investigating optical disc...
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Read-only memory (redirect from Read-only storage)
memory which are not based on solid-state IC technology, including: Optical storage media, such CD-ROM which is read-only (analogous to masked ROM). CD-R...
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HD DVD (redirect from Advanced optical disk)
Density Digital Versatile Disc) is an obsolete high-density optical disc format for storing data and playback of high-definition video. Supported principally...
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computer storage media, such as flash memory "What is Solid-State Storage (SSS)?". techopedia.com. Retrieved July 11, 2015. "Backing Storage: Optical and Solid...
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Backup (redirect from Backup storage)
removed and accessed through a different drive. However, recordable media may degrade earlier under long-term exposure to light. Some optical storage systems...
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Disk image (redirect from Optical disk image)
disk images (such as VHD and VMDK) are intended to be used for cloud computing, ISO images are intended to emulate optical media, such as a CD-ROM. Raw...
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DVD recordable (category Optical computer storage media)
recording speed on both +R DL and -R DL media to 8×, usually P-CAV. DVD+RW media exists with the writing speed ratings of 1×-4× and 2.4×-8×. Reading speeds (constant...
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DVD-RAM (category Optical computer storage media)
System "Understanding DVD - Physical, Logical and Application Specifications". www.osta.org. Optical Storage Technology Association. Retrieved 28 July 2020...
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Memory cell (computing) (section Storage)
line. Since the reading process degrades the charge in the storage capacitor (4) its value is rewritten after each read. The writing process is the easiest...
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Write-once optical media, such as CD-Rs and DVD-Rs, typically contain an organic dye that distinguishes data reading from data writing based on the...
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Computer memory (section Further reading)
programs and data being actively processed, computer memory serves as a mass storage cache and write buffer to improve both reading and writing performance...
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