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An optical disc drive reads a disc by shining a laser on it and detecting the reflected beam. The reflectivity of a disc varies across its surface, which determines the intensity of the reflected beam. Photodiodes detect this reflected beam and produce electrical signals, which are interpreted as data.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoOptical disk drives shine a laser onto a spinning disc. The way the laser is reflected is sensed and converted into the stored information. The current common optical storage technologies are the CD, the DVD, and the Blu-Ray disc.
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∙ 12y agoThe optical is a cable that connects from the dvd player to the tv. There are audio cables that connect. Tvs are color coded so help with hooking the correct cable in the correct port.
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∙ 11y agoAn optical disk drive retrieves information via light or lasers. Blu Ray, Compact Disk and DVDs are the common types of optical disk drives.
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What is a optical drive?
A Optical drive is hardware that read and drive a DVD disk or programs.
What part of the computer reads an optical disk?
The disk drive
Is disk drive an example of optical storage?
no,harddisk is not an optical storage
What is external ODD?
Its an acronym for Optical Disk Drive.
Is disk drive an example of output device?
No a disk drive is neither input or output device, it is an optical disk drive (for CD/DVD's) and a disk drive (for hard drives) would be a storage device.
What voltage used by a optical disk drive?
Depends on manufacturer.
Where is an optical disk drive located?
In the computer, at the left side...
5 optical types of discs?
# Hard Disk Drive (HDD) # Floppy Disk # CD Disk # USB Disk # SD Card
What is the correct spelling for computer disc drive?
"Disc" refers to optical media, such as CDs or DVDs. "Disk" refers to magnetic media, such as hard drives. So the answer depends on which drive you are referring to; most have both an "optical disc drive", and a "hard disk drive".
What is the device that reads and records information on disks?
Head – The device that reads and writes the information—magnetic or optical—on the disk surface.
What is the meaning of disk drive?
Optical disk drives are also known as cd roms for your computer. They allow you to store data and burn information on them from the disk drive slot on your computer.
Which method of storage uses laser to record?
It is a compact disk. Or it could be anything under optical disk drive.
