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(computer hardware) The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive.
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A disk array controller.
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A CD containing digital audio data according to the Red Book standard.
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(computing) A mechanical device that automatically loads storage media (such as tapes or disks) into the device that can read them.
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(computer hardware) An optical drive used for reading data from and possibly writing data on a Blu-ray disc.
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(computing) A device that allows data or music to be stored on a CDR or CD-ROM.
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(computer hardware) A circuit board allowing a computer to record video from an external source.
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(computing) A data input device that reads data from a card-shaped storage medium.
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(computing) Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data.
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(computing) A cassette tape interface unit for computers, used to read and/or write data to/from a minicassette.
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A device for recording audio, or saving data, onto a compact disc.
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(computer hardware) An optical drive used for reading data from and possibly writing data on a compact disc.
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(computer hardware) An electronic device that plays compact discs.
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Alternative form of CD-ROM [compact disk - read only memory: an optical disc containing data that can be read (but not changed) by a computer]
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A device used to write (or rip or burn) CDs
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Synonym of CD-RW (dated)
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Compact disc - recordable; a form of digital media that is based on the use of a laser to read from and write to a plastic disc. It can only be written to once, although the entire disc does not necessarily have to be written in one session.
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(electronics) an 80-mm (3-inch) CD (compact disc)
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A kind of optical disc used to store audio or other data.
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A form of digital media on a plastic disc read by a laser in a CD drive. It comes in several varieties including CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW.
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Alternative spelling of coverdisk [(historical) A floppy disk offered as a covermount, containing video games or other software.]
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Alternative form of DAT [(computing, audio) Digital Audio Tape — a digital data storage tape format using a dual-spooled cartridge and magnetic tape, used for digital audio and data storage.]
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(computing, audio) Digital Audio Tape — a digital data storage tape format using a dual-spooled cartridge and magnetic tape, used for digital audio and data storage.
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(science fiction) A small handheld device used to gather, send, or process data.
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Digital Compact Cassette
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(science fiction) A computer resembling a slate or tablet.
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(computer hardware) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
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(computer hardware) An optical drive used for reading data from and possibly writing data on a DVD.
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(computing) A drive mechanism for CD-ROMs etc in which no tray is used; the medium is inserted in a slot and is pulled in
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(UK) Alternative spelling of fixed disk [A hard disk]
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Synonym of hard disk drive
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Synonym of hard disk drive
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(computing) A form of floppy disk whose head tracking was optically controlled (superseded by compact disc technology).
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(computing) An input device that enables a user to draw images by hand, as if with a pencil, and import them into a computer system.
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(computer hardware) An optical drive used for reading data from and possibly writing data on a HD DVD.
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(science fiction) Alternative form of holodisk [(science fiction) A holographic disk used as a storage medium.]
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(informal) Any of a range of mobile electronic devices marketed by Apple Inc., such as the iPod, iPhone, and iPad.
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(trademark) A lightweight low-power tablet computer of a particular range from Apple Inc.
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(by extension) Any portable personal MP3 player or similar device.
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(historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
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(computer hardware) A pen-like device allowing a computer user to interact with the screen display.
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A technique of creating magnetic data storage using horizontal as opposed to vertical magnetization of a hard disk drive.
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(computing) linear tape-open — an open standard computer storage tape format having a single spooled cartridge with half-inch tape.
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(telecommunications) A line code in which the encoding of each data bit has at least one transition and occupies the same time.
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Alternative spelling of micro-diskette [(computing) a 3.5-inch floppy diskette]
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(computing) a 3.5-inch floppy diskette
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Alternative spelling of micro-diskette [(computing) a 3.5-inch floppy diskette]
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Alternative spelling of mini-diskette [(computing, dated) a 5.25-inch floppy diskette]
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(countable) A disk that uses this format.
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(computing, dated) A 5.25-inch floppy disk.
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Alternative spelling of mini-diskette [(computing, dated) a 5.25-inch floppy diskette]
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(computing) A device-specific plug-in that connects to a generic utility that is supplied with the operating system to form a device driver.
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A smaller variant of the SD card, larger than the microSD.
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(computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
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(computing, audio, software) MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, an audio data compression format.
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A CD-ROM containing compressed audio tracks, often, but not always in the MP3 format.
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Mass Storage System (IBM 3850) (tape library)
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(computing) Of a computer tablet or touch-screen interface, accepting more than one touch at the same time.
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A modern data storage medium consisting of a flat disc read mechanically by illumination with laser light. Formats include the Laserdisc, compact disc, DVD, and Blu-ray.
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Synonym of optical drive
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Alternative spelling of optical disc [A modern data storage medium consisting of a flat disc read mechanically by illumination with laser light. Formats include the Laserdisc, compact disc, DVD, and Blu-ray.]
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Synonym of optical drive
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(computer hardware) A drive that reads optical media.
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Optical discs used to store data, including such formats as Laserdisc, compact disc, DVD, and Blu-ray.
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(computing) One of possibly many disks on which data is stored in a mechanical hard drive.
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(computing) The various standards for CD formats, each named after a particular color.
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The official technical standard for audio CDs.
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(telecommunications) A device for punching a duplicate perforated paper tape of incoming messages for later retransmission.
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(computing, media) A high end computer used for "ripping" (decoding) DVDs and converting them into various formats, using ripping and encoding software.
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(computing, dated) An early computer storage medium, a cartridge of looped tape.
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(computing, historical) A cassette drive.
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(computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
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(computing theory) The infinitely long memory tape on which a Turing machine would operate, consisting of individual cells that can be read or written.
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(computing) A type of USB connection that has a rectangular plug and socket.
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(computing) A type of USB connection with a squarish plug and socket, typically used to connect a printer or scanner to a computer.
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(trademark) A type of USB with 24 pins, and close to an ovoid in shape.
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(computing) A board that outputs video to a screen; a graphics card.
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(electronics) A similar mechanism that positions the disk read-write head in a computer hard disk drive.
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That part of several electromechanical devices that converts electrical signals into digital or analog information stored on a magnetic or optical medium
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(computing) A disk of the kind that can be read and written by a Zip drive.
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