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Examples of Optical Storage

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Examples of Optical Storage

There are three main types of optical storage in use today, although their use is declining:

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Compact Disk (CD)

  • CDs are the original optical media standard.
  • A single CD can store around 700 MB of data.
  • CDs are very cheap to produce.
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Digital Versatile Disk (DVD)

  • DVDs are often used to store games or standard-definition movies for home viewing.
  • A single DVD can store around 4.7 GB of data.
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Blu-Ray Disks (BD)

  • Blu-Ray disks are often used to store high definition movies or games.
  • A single Blu-Ray disk can store around 25 GB of data.

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