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    Ultra Density Optical (UDO) is an optical disc format designed for high-density storage of high-definition video and data. The format was introduced by...
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    reproducing technology developed by Canon Inc. and Sony Floptical Ultra Density Optical K. Schouhamer Immink and J. Braat (1984). "Experiments Toward an...
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    before use. Ultra Density Optical (UDO), Magneto-optical drives, Universal Media Disc (UMD), DataPlay, Professional Disc, MiniDisc, Optical Disc Archive...
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    Ultra HD Blu-ray (4K Ultra HD, UHD-BD, or 4K Blu-ray) is a digital optical disc data storage format that is an enhanced variant of Blu-ray. Ultra HD Blu-ray...
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    Nintendo optical discs are physical media used to distribute video games on three of Nintendo's consoles that followed the Nintendo 64. These are the...
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    Blu-ray HD DVD Ultra Density Optical (UDO) Professional Disc for DATA (PDD or ProDATA) Holographic memory 3D optical data storage Magneto-optical drive (MO)...
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    Wii Optical Disc (DVD derivative) Super Audio CD (SACD) Enhanced Versatile Disc DataPlay Hi-MD Universal Media Disc (UMD) Ultra Density Optical In 1995...
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    also introduced the standard for multisession writing. CD-MO (Magneto-Optical) CD-R (Recordable) alias CD-WO (Write Once) alias CD-WORM (Write Once,...
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    CD-ROM (category Optical computer storage)
    read-only memory) is a type of read-only memory consisting of a pre-pressed optical compact disc that contains data computers can read, but not write or erase...
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    memory) is a proprietary optical disc format developed as a collaboration between Sega and Yamaha for the Dreamcast. A double-density format based on the CD-ROM...
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    HD DVD (redirect from High-density DVD)
    HD DVD (short for High Density Digital Versatile Disc) is an obsolete high-density optical disc format for storing data and playback of high-definition...
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    to higher density optical media following a six-year patent dispute. Sony started two projects applying the new diodes: Ultra Density Optical and, with...
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  • 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...
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    Professional Disc (category Optical computer storage media)
    dedicated "User Data" folder.[citation needed] Blu-ray HD DVD Ultra Density Optical Optical disc "Professional Disc (Single, Dual, Triple & Quad Layer)...
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    3D optical data storage is any form of optical data storage in which information can be recorded or read with three-dimensional resolution (as opposed...
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  • excluded, such as GD-ROM (used by some Sega game consoles) and Ultra Density Optical and the like (commercial archiving storage rather than mass market)...
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    The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings...
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    discWelder – This product is no longer available. Cirlinca HD-AUDIO Solo Ultra – This product does not support MLP encoding or MLP-encoded files. It has...
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    CD-RW (category Optical computer storage media)
    CD-RW (Compact Disc-Rewritable) is a digital optical disc storage format introduced in 1997.[citation needed] A CD-RW compact disc (CD-RWs) can be written...
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    storage. While magnetic and optical data storage devices rely on individual bits being stored as distinct magnetic or optical changes on the surface of...
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    Blu-ray (category Optical computer storage media)
    with Panasonic, Philips, and TDK, applying the new diodes: UDO (Ultra Density Optical), and DVR Blue (together with Pioneer), a format of rewritable discs...
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    The Universal Media Disc (UMD) is a discontinued optical disc medium developed by Sony for use on its PlayStation Portable handheld gaming and multimedia...
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    the leap to storing digital audio on an optical disc was easily made. Sony first publicly demonstrated an optical digital audio disc in September 1976....
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    DVD (redirect from Super Density Disc)
    abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first...
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    standard defines a logical format for DVD-Video compliant recording on optical discs and is commonly used on DVD+R/RW media. DVD-Video may also include...
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    write, fast read storage, used for tertiary and off-line storage; Ultra Density Optical or UDO is similar in capacity to BD-R or BD-RE and is slow write...
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  • Floppy disk An optical disc or magneto-optical disc enclosed in a protective plastic sheath called a Caddy (hardware) Ultra Density Optical Universal Media...
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    In atomic, molecular, and optical physics, a magneto-optical trap (MOT) is an apparatus which uses laser cooling and a spatially-varying magnetic field...
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    Optical disc authoring, including CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc authoring, is the process of assembling source material—video, audio or other data—into the...
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    ATAPI devices include CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives, tape drives, magneto-optical drives, and large-capacity floppy drives such as the Zip drive and SuperDisk...
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