A computer medium using a combination of technologies to create a disk with storage capacities of 128 mb, 650 mb & 1000 mb. to top
A form of re writable optical storage that combines magnetic principles with laser read and write techniques. MO discs have a magnetic coating that records a phase-shift when struck by a laser beam. They can be returned to the equivalent of a blank unrecorded state by using a laser pulse of different intensity.
Mass storage that combines magnetic and laser technology for safe, portable storage of massive amounts of information in gigabyte quantities.
This class of removable drives uses the ability of lasers to heat material and thus change reflectivity to produce media that can be erased and reused. One of the negative aspects of optical drives is that writing data to optical media requires three spins of the disc. The first erases existing data, the second writes new data, and the third verifies that the data is there.
Recordable disc technology using a laser to heat spots that are altered by a magnetic field. Other formats include dye-sublimation and phase-change.
A re-writable optical disc that uses a combination of magnetic and optical methods. MO disks use removable cartridges and come in two form factors -3.5" discs (up to 640-Mbyte) and 5.25" discs (up to 2.6-Mbyte per side). The 5.25" discs are double sided, but must be removed and flipped over.
