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    using a DVD recorder and then function as a DVD-ROM. Rewritable DVDs (DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM) can be recorded and erased many times. DVDs are used...
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    data for computers and fifth generation video game consoles. DVDs started to replace CD-ROMs in these roles starting in the early 2000s. The earliest theoretical...
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    are DVD-ROM drives and BD-ROM drives which read and record from those formats, along with having backward compatibility with CD, CD-R and CD-ROM discs;...
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  • entirely digital. The most notable competitor of the Britannica among CD/DVD-ROM digital encyclopaedias was Encarta, now discontinued, a modern multimedia...
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    storage capacity without the expense of the fledgling DVD-ROM. It is similar to the standard CD-ROM except that the pits on the disc are packed more closely...
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  • released a DVD-ROM-equipped computer and a DVD-ROM drive in Japan in early 1997 (moved back from December which was moved back from November). DVD-ROM drives...
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    at the DVD FLLC website. HD DVD-ROM, HD DVD-R and HD DVD-RW have a single-layer capacity of 15 GB, and a dual-layer capacity of 30 GB. HD DVD-RAM has...
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    manufacture, like a DVD-ROM. Pressing is used in mass production, primarily for the distribution of home video. Like CD-Rs, DVD recordable uses dye to...
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  • 1996 with a 640 Megabyte CD-ROM cover disc, which was upgraded to a double CD-ROM set in January 2000 issue. The DVD-ROM edition joined the line-up in...
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    layer to maintain compatibility with DVD-ROM drives. DVD-R DL media has been discontinued by most manufacturers. DVD+R DL is dominating the market for dual...
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    19/85, available on the GSM-SMG Archive DVD-ROM GSM document 28/85r2, available on the GSM-SMG Archive DVD-ROM "So who really did create SMS?". Stephen...
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    games and attempting to dump them to ROM images. When stored on standardized media such as CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs, they can be copied to future media with...
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    Disk enclosure (redirect from USB DVD-ROM)
    different standard. Factory-assembled external hard disk drives, external DVD-ROM drives, and others consist of a storage device in a disk enclosure. Key...
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  • was originally released as a PC game for CD-ROM on December 13, 2002, and subsequently re-released on DVD-ROM and for the PlayStation 2 with certain scenes...
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    packaging. DVD recordable discs supporting this technology are backward compatible with some existing DVD players and DVD-ROM drives. Many current DVD recorders...
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    and responses through the ATA interface. ATAPI devices include CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives, tape drives, magneto-optical drives, and large-capacity floppy...
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    similar to tests done with Audio CD/CD-ROM combo discs on PCs, DVD-Video/DVD-ROM combo discs on PCs, game systems and DVD Players, as well as game/video combo...
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    the DVD standard, neither SVCD video nor VCD, CVD, or SVCD audio is compatible with the DVD standard. Some hardware players will also play DVD-ROMs or...
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    drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW) Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW) Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)...
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    adapt. Xbox (DVD) Two sets of media descriptors are used. Initially, and on typical DVD-ROM drives, only a short partition containing a brief DVD Video can...
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    distributed on CD-ROM and DVD-ROM; the two formats are differentiated by their discs' bottoms, with CD-ROMs being blue and DVD-ROMs being silver. The...
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    A ROM cartridge, usually referred to in context simply as a cartridge, cart, or card, is a replaceable part designed to be connected to a consumer electronics...
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    PCI variant was discontinued at the end of 1999. The machines featured DVD-ROM drives as standard. The 400 and 450 MHz versions had 100 MB Zip drives...
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    and could accommodate any of the above plus a 5.25" optical drive (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM). A small internal nickel–cadmium battery allowed swapping of the main...
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    release of the PlayStation 2, which featured the ability to playback CD-ROMs and DVDs in addition to playing games, Microsoft became concerned that game consoles...
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    SH-4 CPU and an NEC PowerVR2 GPU. Sega used the GD-ROM media format to avoid the expenses of DVD-ROM technology. Developers were able to include a custom...
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    Blu-ray (redirect from BD-ROM)
    Dual Blu-ray-DVD Disc". IDG News Service. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2004. "Blu-ray/ DVD Combo ROM Disc Technology"...
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    and Matroska files, or the player lacks ability to read CD-ROM XA discs. LaserDisc SVCD DVD Hardware and Software Get an Early Start, Sony, archived from...
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  • functionality is also available on CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive equipped computers as well as on DVD players and CD-ROM/DVD-ROM based game consoles. A&R Cambridge...
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    BIOS (redirect from BIOS ROM)
    -⁠ohss; Basic Input/Output System, also known as the System BIOS, ROM BIOS, BIOS ROM or PC BIOS) is firmware used to provide runtime services for operating...
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