M-DISC (Millennial Disc) is a write-once optical disc technology introduced in 2009 by Millenniata, Inc. and available as DVD and Blu-ray discs. M-DISC's...
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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 the...
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Disc rot is the tendency of CD, DVD, or other optical discs to become unreadable because of chemical deterioration. The causes include oxidation of the...
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A disc herniation or spinal disc herniation is an injury to the intervertebral disc between two vertebrae, usually caused by excessive strain or trauma...
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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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DVD (redirect from Digital video disc)
The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed...
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Optical Disc Archive Cartridges. In 2016 a use case for Archival Disc was projected for cold data storage within the datacenter. M-DISC Optical Disc Archive...
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GameCube Game Disc, Wii Optical Disc, and Wii U Optical Disc. The physical size of a GameCube Game Disc is that of a miniDVD; Wii Optical Discs are based...
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The LaserDisc (LD) is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium, initially licensed, sold and marketed as MCA DiscoVision...
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CD-ROM (redirect from Compact disc read-only memory)
(/ˌsiːdiːˈrɒm/, compact disc read-only memory) is a type of read-only memory consisting of a pre-pressed optical compact disc that contains data computers...
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External storage (section M-DISC)
used to read the disc. This would be in contrast to the red laser used to read DVD Discs. M-Discs are available as DVD or Blu-ray discs. They are supposed...
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MiniDisc (MD) is an erasable magneto-optical disc-based data storage format offering a capacity of 60, 74, and later, 80 minutes of digitized audio. Sony...
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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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A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs...
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In computing, an optical disc drive (ODD) is a disc drive that uses laser light or electromagnetic waves within or near the visible light spectrum as part...
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Disc golf, also known as frisbee golf, is a flying disc sport in which players throw a disc at a target, using rules similar to golf. The sport is usually...
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("burned") onto an optical disc (typically a compact disc or DVD). To burn an optical disc, one usually first creates an optical disc image with a full file...
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intervertebral disc (British English), also spelled intervertebral disk (American English), lies between adjacent vertebrae in the vertebral column. Each disc forms...
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Magneto-optical drive (redirect from Magnet optical disc)
kind of optical disc drive capable of writing and rewriting data upon a magneto-optical disc. 130 mm (5.25 in) and 90 mm (3.5 in) discs are the most common...
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DISC assessments are behavioral self-assessment tools based on psychologist William Moulton Marston's DISC emotional and behavioral theory, first published...
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Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA or CD-DA), also known as Digital Audio Compact Disc or simply as Audio CD, is the standard format for audio compact discs. The...
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A disc brake is a type of brake that uses the calipers to squeeze pairs of pads against a disc (sometimes called a [brake] rotor) to create friction. There...
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3D optical data storage (redirect from Fluorescent Multilayer Disc)
innovation has the potential to provide petabyte-level mass storage on DVD-sized discs (120 mm). Data recording and readback are achieved by focusing lasers within...
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Versatile Multilayer Disc (VMD or HD VMD) was a high-capacity red-laser optical disc technology designed by New Medium Enterprises, Inc. VMD was intended...
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CD-RW (redirect from Compact Disc Rewritable)
CD-RW (Compact 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...
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Optical Disc Archive (ODA) is an archival storage technology developed by Sony. A single cartridge is designed to hold as many as 12 optical discs, each...
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CD+G (redirect from Compact Disc + Extended Graphics)
compact disc standard that can present low-resolution graphics alongside the audio data on the disc when played on a compatible device. CD+G discs are often...
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An imaginal disc is one of the parts of a holometabolous insect larva that will become a portion of the outside of the adult insect during the pupal transformation...
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Phaistos Disc Unicode characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Phaistos Disc glyphs...
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Super Audio CD (redirect from Super audio compact disc)
Super Audio CD (SACD) is an optical disc format for audio storage introduced in 1999. It was developed jointly by Sony and Philips Electronics and intended...
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