optical disc drives
Laser media players
Optical disc drives are computer components that read and write data using laser light on reflective discs—CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays.
The drive spins the disc while a laser reads microscopic pits encoding digital information, or burns new pits to write data.
Once standard in computers, they've become increasingly rare as streaming and flash storage have displaced physical media.
My new laptop doesn't even have an optical disc drive.
- computer hardwarePhysical computing components
- data storageRetaining digital information
- media playerSoftware for audiovisual content
- burnerHeat-producing device component
- sectorsDistinct portions of something larger
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optical disc drivessolid-state drives
Non-mechanical digital storage
SSDs · hard disk drives · memory cards · HDDs · SD cards
optical disc drivescloud storage
Online data preservation service
streaming services · digital downloads · digital distribution
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