CD are made of two parts plastic and polycarbonate (the shiny part) the bottom side is just plastic and the top side is where all the data it. The CD drive uses a laser that reads the polycarbonate through the plastic. So you look at the top part of the CD and its missing some of the polycarbonate your definitely going to get skips.
The side or sides with a shiny metallic coating, It is possible for both sides of a CD to contain data.
Think of it as a cake with icing on the top. It would be the underside of the icing.
The surface of a CD stores data as pits and lands. Lands are raised areas or bumps, and pits are recessed areas on the surface; each represents either a 1 or 0, respectively.
The side without the label or manufacturer logo and miscellaneous information. They are most always inserted into the CD Disk drives with the label up.
The side that does not have the brand name on it is the side that is able to contain data..
Clockwise (right), when observing from the back side (the side not being read)of the CD.
the CD drive has lasers which read the CD, so the CD has pieces that can be read.
what CD that allows you to read and write
If the CD Player will not read the CD then either there is something wrong with the CD or the CD player or the CD or CD player needs to be cleaned.
When you look at a cd, the colored part is just there to add size to it. The silvery stuff in the middle is what the CD players read.
Nope, not if the drive is truly just able to read CD-ROMs.
A laser and a lens system are used to read information on a CD.
a read only deice is cd rom
CD Roms can only Read CD's such as VCD, Audio CD, mp3 CD.DVD Roms can read any CD's such as VCD, Audio CD, mp3 CD and also read DVD's such as DVD Video, DVD Audio & DVD mp3's.
I would say that a CD-ROM is a form of input, as it is "read only memory" and the data on it can only be read, but not written to. If you're talking about CD-R/CD+R drives, then those would be considered both input and output, as it can read from a CD, and writes to CD.
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When you look at a cd, the colored part is just there to add size to it. The silvery stuff in the middle is what the CD players read.