Wednesday 7 December 2011

Removable media devices


  • CD (compact disc) - the most common type of removable media, suitable for music and data।

  • CD-ROM Drive - a device used for reading data from a कद

  • CD Writer - a device used for both reading and writing data to and from a CD.
    DVD (digital versatile disc) - a popular type of removable media that is the same dimensions as a CD but stores up to 12 times as much information। It is the most common way of transferring digital video, and is popular for data storage।

  • DVD-ROM Drive - a device used for reading data from a DVD.
    DVD Writer - a device used for both reading and writing data to and from a DVD.
    DVD-RAM Drive - a device used for rapid writing and reading of data from a special type of DVD.
    Blu-ray Disc - a high-density optical disc format for data and high-definition video. Can store 70 times as much information as a CD.
    BD-ROM Drive - a device used for reading data from a Blu-ray disc.
    BD Writer - a device used for both reading and writing data to and from a Blu-ray disc.
    HD DVD - a discontinued competitor to the Blu-ray format.
    Floppy disk - an outdated storage device consisting of a thin disk of a flexible magnetic storage medium. Floppies are used today mainly for loading device drivers not included with an operating system release (for example, RAID drivers).
    Iomega Zip drive - an outdated medium-capacity removable disk storage system, first introduced by Iomega in 1994.
    USB flash drive - a flash memory data storage device integrated with a USB interface, typically small, lightweight, removable, and rewritable. Capacities vary, from hundreds of megabytes (in the same range as CDs) to tens of gigabytes (surpassing, at great expense, Blu-ray discs).
    Tape drive - a device that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape, used for long term storage and backups.

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