INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS
COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS
Question
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Optical Drive
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Hard Drive
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Sound Card
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Video Card
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: An optical drive is a type of computer disk drive that reads and writes data from optical disks through laser beaming technology. This type of drive allows a user to retrieve, edit and delete the content from optical disks such as CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray disks.
Detailed explanation-2: -Data is written to an optical disk in a radial pattern starting near the center. An optical disk drive uses a laser beam to read the data from the disk as it is spinning. It distinguishes between the pits and lands based on how the light reflects off the recording material.
Detailed explanation-3: -An optical disk drive (ODD) uses a laser light to read data from or write data to an optical disc. These include CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs. This allows you to play music or watch movies using pre-recorded discs.