An optical disc (CD, DVD) or USB drive that contains a bootable program that takes control of the computer. Computers are typically configured to look for the OS on a CD or DVD first and then the ...

but this innovative optical disk memory condenses that space to the size of a desktop computer, significantly cutting costs. The significance of this development extends beyond sheer capacity.

An Apple SuperDrive is an optical drive that is connected to a computer using USB ports ... after the launch of the MacBook Air which had no CD or DVD slots. With its popularity, Windows users ...

Starting while at a Silicon Valley startup, Siros Technologies, we explored an alternative approach extnending current optical disk technologies. Here, a spinning disk is written and read by a focused ...

Using 3D storage techniques, scientists at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology developed an optical disk capable of accommodating 1.6 petabits of data (that's 1.6 million gigabits).

As prices of writeable media and drives dropped, consumers rushed to duplicate games, create their own mix CDs, and backup their data on optical disc. It was a halcyon time. Fast forward to today ...