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Optical disc

An optical disc is a flat, usually disc-shaped object that stores information in the form of physical variations on its surface that can be read with a beam of light. Optical discs can be reflective, where the light source and detector are on the same side of the disc, or transmissive, where light shines through the disc to be detected on the other side.…

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Design and technology

History

Recordable and writable optical discs

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Optical disc manufacturing

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Optical disc

Nodes197
Edges196
Triples175
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010152
Components1

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Optical disc

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related to External links · 30
Optical disc → About, Archived, Blu-rays, Canadian Conservation Institute, CCI, David Gregg, December, DVDs, European Society, History, Inventor, Know Your Digital Storage, Longevity, Massachusetts Institute, Media, Notes, Optical Disk, Optical Storage Technology Association, Recordable CDs, Retrieved
related to Recording types · 17
Optical disc → AgInSbTe, An, Azo, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, CD, CD-R, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD, Fujifilm, LTH, Rewritable, The, Those, Verbatim, Write-once
related to Second-generation · 17
Optical disc → DataPlay, Disc, DIVX, DVD, DVD-RAMDVD, Enhanced Versatile DiscDataPlayUniversal Media, GB, In, RHi-Vision LDNintendo GameCube Game, SACD, Second-generation, Such, Super Audio CD, Ultra Density Optical, UMD, VideoDVD-AudioDualDiscDigital Video Express, Wii Optical Disc
related to Third-generation · 15
Optical disc → AVCRECBDXL, BD-R, BD-REHigh Fidelity Pure AudioAVCHD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-rayWii, CBHD, GB, HD Blu-ray, HD DVD, HD VMDProfessional Disc, In, MPEG-4 AVC, Third-generation, VC-1
related to Recordable and writable optical discs · 12
Optical disc → Blu-ray, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, Formats, HDD, M-DISC, Media, There, While
related to File systems · 9
Optical disc → DVD, File, ISO9660, Joliet, The Rock Ridge, UDF, Universal Disk Format, Unix/Linux-style, Windows
related to Security · 8
Optical disc → As, CD-RW, However, Like, Many, Sony, Sony BMG, USB
related to Usage · 8
Optical disc → Association, Blu-ray, CD, Libraries, Optical, OSTA, PC, The Optical Storage Technology
related to First-generation · 7
Optical disc → At, MB, Most, One, The, The LaserDisc, VHS
related to history · 5
Optical disc → Alexander Graham Bell, Charles Sumner Tainter, Chichester Bell, Optophonie, The

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disc optical discs data layer dvd media blu-ray storage used using light cds laser dvds drive read recording digital recordable

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Optical discis aflat0.90text
flash drivesinstance ofpromoted standardized optical storage formats.Libraries and archives enact optical media preservation procedures to ensure continued usability in the computer's optical disc dri…0.80text
memory cardsinstance ofpromoted standardized optical storage formats.Libraries and archives enact optical media preservation procedures to ensure continued usability in the computer's optical disc dri…0.80text
hard drives can be simulated using a UDF live file system.For computer data backupinstance ofpromoted standardized optical storage formats.Libraries and archives enact optical media preservation procedures to ensure continued usability in the computer's optical disc dri…0.80text
physical data transferinstance ofpromoted standardized optical storage formats.Libraries and archives enact optical media preservation procedures to ensure continued usability in the computer's optical disc dri…0.80text
optical discs such as CDsinstance ofpromoted standardized optical storage formats.Libraries and archives enact optical media preservation procedures to ensure continued usability in the computer's optical disc dri…0.80text
DVDs are gradually being replaced with fasterinstance ofpromoted standardized optical storage formats.Libraries and archives enact optical media preservation procedures to ensure continued usability in the computer's optical disc dri…0.80text
smaller solid-state devicesinstance ofpromoted standardized optical storage formats.Libraries and archives enact optical media preservation procedures to ensure continued usability in the computer's optical disc dri…0.80text
especially the USB flash driveinstance ofpromoted standardized optical storage formats.Libraries and archives enact optical media preservation procedures to ensure continued usability in the computer's optical disc dri…0.80text
head crashesinstance ofthey are susceptible to environmental and daily-use damage if handled improperly.Optical discs are not prone to uncontrollable catastrophic failures0.80text
power surgesinstance ofthey are susceptible to environmental and daily-use damage if handled improperly.Optical discs are not prone to uncontrollable catastrophic failures0.80text
or exposure to water like hard disk drivesinstance ofthey are susceptible to environmental and daily-use damage if handled improperly.Optical discs are not prone to uncontrollable catastrophic failures0.80text

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