they are more durable
Optical use a laser to read and write data .Optical disks have very large storage capacity but they are not fast as harddisk .There are major types of optical disk 1.CD-Rom 2 Worm 3.Eraser Advantage's optical disks has a very high storing capacity ,inexpensive has along life of at least 25 years .
an optical disk which stores data optically
they are floppy disks
= "Give two reasons why optical disks are commonly used as a medium for the distribution of software?" =
CD and DVD disks are used by optical disc drives.
Yes both are secondary storage devices. Primary storage devices include RAM & ROM. Secondary storage devices include magnetic disks like hard disks and cds(optical disks)
O. C. Oberhauser has written: 'Multimedia information storage and retrieval using optical disc technology' -- subject(s): Information storage and retrieval systems, Information technology, Library science, Optical disks, Optical storage devices, Technological innovations
Main categories of optical laser disks are CD-ROM,WORM Disk/CD-Record able(CD-R) Disks,CD Read/Write(CD-RW) Disk,Digital Video(or Versatile)Disk(DVD).
Optical media include CD-ROMs, DVD ROMs, and Blu-Ray disks.
Yes. Although there are more high capacity disks out there.
CD (Compact Disks) DVD (Digital Versatile Disks) Blu-Ray optical disk
As different people have different ideas on what is best you may be better off to go to the websites of each of the companies you listed andlooking for yourself. Internal optical disk drive are now essential these days as the Digital Versatile Disks or optical disks are the main way of installing programs, including operating systems, onto computers