Using the optical format has multiple benefits to longevity. The discs are read without any sort of friction which can wear away the media, quite unlike tapes which make contact with the reader head.

Optic neuritis Optic neuritis, on the other hand, is the most common acute optic neuropathy in individuals younger than 50 years. Demographic features show a predilection for young Caucasian females.

But optical drives are just so much more ubiquitous and you can start small. Like tape, you can use a disc changing robot to get relatively quick access to very large sets of discs.

Also called an "optical jukebox," such devices are made for CDs, DVDs, magneto-optic discs and WORM discs. See optical disc. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.

Sony Optiarc is a major manufacturer of optical disc drives for Blu-ray Disc and DVD. Its drives are used in products made by Sony and other electronics and PC makers. It has two subsidiaries: a U ...

A peer-reviewed paper shows the potential for a new optical disc that contains a massive petabit of data, which translates to 125TB. That's enough room to contain 1,000 copies of Baldur's gate 3.

Blu-ray vs optical disk There are two types of optical media in use today. The most popular by far is Blu-ray Disc Recordable (BD-R), which can write at 72MB/s and read at 54MB/s.

Sony and Panasonic plan to launch Archival Discs in the summer of 2015 that have 300GB of data per disc. The capacity of each disc will later increase to 500GB and then to 1TB. Neither firm is ...

TDK has developed a prototype optical disc that can hold up to 320GB of information — that’s more than six times the current highest-capacity media available. The 12-centimeter disc has 10 ...

Optical discs... Apple hates them, but lots of people still use them. Blu-ray has been a relatively slow starter in the computer world and we will never see that technology in an Apple product ...