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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Used mainly as video and data storage. Holds over 7 times a CD’s capacity.
A
Compact Disc (CD)
B
Blu-ray Disc (BD)
C
Digital Video Disc (DVD)
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disk. It is also an optical storage device that is used as the secondary storage media in computers. The construction and operation of DVDs are almost similar to that of CDs. The major difference is that a typical DVD can acquire about 7 times more amount of data as compared to a CD.

Detailed explanation-2: -Expert-Verified Answer No CD-ROM can only store upto 700–704 MB of data depending upon the manufacturer of the CD. Or they can store upto 80 min of music (approx 12 Tracks) in the Digital Audio format. Dvd has a higher capacity which can be from 4.7GB on a sinhle layer and 8.5 GB on a Dual Layer DVD.

Detailed explanation-3: -A CD can store up to up 700 megabytes (MB) of data. A single-layer DVD can hold 4.7 gigabytes (GB) of data, and a double-layer disk can hold 8.5 GB. A single-layer Blu-ray disk can store 25 to 33.4 GB of data, and a quad-layer Blu-ray disk can store up to 128 GB of data.

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