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Students' Guide to Information Technology, 2nd Edition
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Students' Guide to Information Technology, 2nd Edition

by Roger Carter
May 2014
Beginner content levelBeginner
266 pages
11h 32m
English
Newnes
Content preview from Students' Guide to Information Technology, 2nd Edition
Computer
peripherals
and
applications
Several types of compact disc systems are available for
computers. These are:
CD-ROM.
Like music CDs, these are 'pressed' by manufactur-
ers with whatever data they wish to supply. Large databases of
information can be supplied in this way, as can software.
CD-WO. This is the WORM drive ('Write Once, Read Many
Times'), which the user can write to, but can't erase. WORM
drives are an excellent medium for archiving data.
CD-I. This is interactive CD, under development by Phillips for
multimedia applications. This is described on page 125.
Φ Erasable optical
discs.
These use magneto-optical (MO) technology ...
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ISBN: 9781483183831