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No. Floppy disks are magnetic media that rely on magnetic polarization to write data to the disk much like a hard drive. Unlike CD media they can be erased by a strong magnet field that effectively scrambles the data tracks.
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∙ 15y agoFloppy disk is a magnetic storage disk, where in data was stored in records, derived from the tracks and sector formations.
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∙ 12y agoYes.Floppy disk is a secondary storage device
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∙ 14y agoCd-rom, dvd, and laserdisc are examples of optical.
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∙ 11y agoUses removable 3.5-inch floppy disks
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∙ 15y agoYes.
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What is Storage media used by optical disc drives?
CD and DVD disks are used by optical disc drives.
What is a legacy computer storage device?
Floppy disc drive.
How is the Optical disc similar to the compact disc?
A compact disc is a type of optical disc. "Optical disc" is an umbrella term for any type of storage media which uses optical technology (as opposed to magnetic) for data storage. This includes but is not limited to DVDs, CDs, H-DVD, blu-ray, laser discs CDRW's, and DVDRW's
Is a optical drive a input device?
It's input I think, not that sure, but I just know that it reads data from a disc and then views them onto the computer screen. :)
What are items similar to a floppy disc?
A floppy disc is an old form of data storage device, so the answer would be CD's, DVD's and data sticks.
What is a related records stored on a storage medium such as hard disc or optical disc?
a File
When was the first floppy disc?
The first floppy disc was a 8-inch- IBM 23FD which was a read only was first introduced in 1971 its storage capacity was 79.7KB. Floppy disks were mostly referred to with imperial measurements,
What is the latest write-once optical storage media?
Blu Ray disc
What bis the storage media used by optical disc drives?
DVDs or CDs
Disc is a type of storage media that consists of a flat round portable disc made of metal plastic and lacquer that is written and read by a laser?
Optical Disk
What are optical storage devices are most commonly known as?
An optical storage device is an electro-mechanical unit that can save and retrieve (write and read) information on a special disc medium using a laser light. Optical drives are designed to work with several types of media: CDs ("compact disc"), DVDs (digital versatile disc" or "digital video disc") and Blu-ray discs.
What are optical storage devices are most known as?
An optical storage device is an electro-mechanical unit that can save and retrieve (write and read) information on a special disc medium using a laser light. Optical drives are designed to work with several types of media: CDs ("compact disc"), DVDs (digital versatile disc" or "digital video disc") and Blu-ray discs.
