Special Features:

Read speed: dvd 8x or better.Rewrite speed: cd 24x or better.Cache/buffer size: 2 mb or better.Access time: cd 130 ms, dvd 130 ms.Data transfer rate: cd 3.6 mbps or better, dvd 8.1 mbps or better.Voltage: 5 volts.

Properties:

An electromechanical item which accepts and systematically retains digital input data in such a manner as to facilitate the rapid recovery of stored information. The item may or may not consist of disk(s) some of which are removable, hard, removable disk packs, fixed disks, or removable flexible, each surface coated with a material susceptible to spot magnetization, integral writing, a drive motor and its mechanical linkage, and data translating heads for impressing on or removing from the disk surface data in digital form. the item is a component of an electronic computer. see also, magnetic drum, data storage; core memory unit.