The full form of CDS is the Compact Disc - Read-Only Memory or Compact Disc - Digital Audio. It is a digital optical disc data storage format.
All digital data is represented as one's and zero's. The actual physical representation of data on an optical disc - assuming you are talking about CD's - is called pits and lands.
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
Data is stored on the hard disc. The more memory hard disc has the more data can be stored.
Single-sided, single-layer Blu-ray disc.
Optical drives use laser technology to read and write data on optical discs, such as CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs. The data is encoded in the form of pits and lands on the disc's surface, which the laser beam interprets as binary information. When a disc spins within the drive, the laser reflects off the surface, allowing the drive's sensors to detect these variations and retrieve the stored data. Additionally, the drive's firmware manages the data transfer between the optical disc and the computer.
A DVD can hold up to 50 GB of data.
To write on an optical disc, a laser beam is used to heat up a photosensitive dye layer on the disc. The heated dye changes its physical properties, creating a pattern of 0s and 1s that represent data. This process is known as burning or recording data onto the disc.
Optical Discs
Blu-ray discs use optical memory, which stores data in the form of pits and lands on the disc's surface. A laser reads these variations to retrieve the stored information. This technology allows for higher data density compared to traditional DVDs, enabling Blu-ray discs to hold significantly more data, typically up to 25 GB for single-layer and 50 GB for dual-layer discs.
"Ultraviolet discs" may refer to ultraviolet light-sensitive data storage optical discs used for archival backup. These discs utilize a special coating to protect the data layer from UV light degradation. To use them, you need a compatible optical disc drive that can read and write data to these discs.
If you burn infected files onto an optical disc then those files remain infected and would remain on the optical disc permanently.