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What is a type of media capable of storing digitized data and that uses a laser to write data to it and read data from it?
Optical media.
What are CD DVD writers?
They are devices which you can use to write data on CD or DVDs. You can of course read the data they have. They are called as well CD/DVD burners, because the "burn" the discs. Note: The CD/DVDs you want to write must be writable, or else you won't be able to write on them.
What is a DVD rewriter?
You will see DVD-R and DVD-RW. DVD-R is DVD-Read, you can only move data to this kind of DVD once, another words if you fill it up you cannot write anything else to it. DVD-RW is DVD-Read/Write, you can move data to any as many times as you want. It will allow you to re-use it when it is full.
Can DVD rom write the DVD?
NO, DVD rom can only read DVD discs.
What is a DVD-RW drive and how is it different from a DVD-ROM drive?
Read/ write drives allow you to write DVDs. ROMs only read.
What devices use laser technology to read and write data on silver platters?
A CD-RW drive or DVD-RW drive.
Which storage device uses laser beams to read and write?
Laser beams are used to read and write data on CDs and DVDs. Apart from writing on these disks, the laser beam can also be used to erase the data stored or even overwrite the data stored with fresh data depending on the type of disk used.
Can you read and write a CD on a DVD external drive?
First Answer:Sadly, you can't.Second Answer:Actually, most disc drives are backwards compatible to the last disc. So, DVD drives can read/write to CD and Blu-ray drives can read/write DVD and CDRs.It does not work the other way around. You can't read/write to a DVD if the drive is marked as a CD drive.
What are the different drives in a computer and their functions?
CdRom - To read cd's CDR - To read and write CD's DVDrom - to read dvd's DVDR - To read and write dvd's Zip- Used like a floppy, but will store 100 Mb of storage Floppy - stores 1.44 Mb of data Hard Drive- where everything is saved There are tons more types of drives.. do a search on google for it
Will a regular CD burner work with DVD plus r?
No. A drive that possesses only CD writing capabilities will not be able to write to a DVD-R or DVD+R. A drive that does not have DVD reading capabilities will also not be able to read data that has been written to them.
Why read and write control lines in a dma controller bidirectional?
The read and write control lines running through the data buses have control signals. The microprocessor can read data from memory or write data to the memory so the data buses are bidirectional. One direction is needed to write the data while another direction is required for the read command to fetch the data.
Does DVD-R technology allows you to write data on a disk and then change that data?
yes
