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SECONDARY STORAGE DEVICES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is DVD R, DVD R-, or DVD R+?
A
They are drives and disks that make DVD disks rewriteable.
B
They are the drives and disks that make DVDs read only.
C
They are the drives and disks that make CDs of music.
D
They are the drives and disks that make Blu-ray movies.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Both DVD-R and DVD-RW are the two formats of DVD. In conclusion, the DVD-R is a type of DVD which can be written only once, hence it is a type of write once read many (WORM) disk. On the other hand, DVD-RW is a type of DVD that can be erased and written multiple times.

Detailed explanation-2: -DVD+R is a 4.7 gigabyte capacity, write-once recording media format that allows excellent compatibility with both stand-alone DVD players and DVD-ROM drives. Even though this format does not need to be finalized in order to play back, after the data has been burned to the disc, the content cannot be erased or deleted.

Detailed explanation-3: -A rewritable DVD-RW disc can be written to, erased, and then written to again up to 1, 000 times. DVD-RW discs have a capacity of 4.7 GB of data or video.

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