Optical Disks for the Storage of Computer Data Are Introduced
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Scientists, Business, Trade, Commerce, Computers, Computer Science
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, 20th & 21st Century European History, Asian History
- Geographical Location: Netherlands, Japan, New York
- Date: 1984
Article abstract: After many years of development, optical disk technology, promising great strides in storage capacity and reliability as well as competition for magnetically based disk media, was made available commercially
Summary of Event
Data storage using optically based methods is an exciting yet evolutionary step in mass storage technology. The excitement results from the numerous significant advantages that optical disks offer over traditional magnetic storage media; the emergence of the optical disk is, however, evolutionary, indicating the...
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