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disk drive) A floppy disk drive. As the disk is inserted into the drive, its surface is exposed to the read-write head, which moves over the spinning disk surface to locate a specific track. Mechanical device that reads data from a disk. Many types can also write data to the disk. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| As demand grows for disc drives in the consumer electronics industry, an equally robust demand is driving major changes on disc drive products in the enterprise server market. Tokyo, Japan, Nov 18, 2005 - (JCNN) - Panasonic, the brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial is known, announced November 17 that itdeveloped a chipset for disc drives that records and plays Blu-ray Disc (BD), DVD-Multi (DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, and DVD-ROM), +R, +RW, and all CD formats. The Joint Venture will focus on the planning, design, manufacturing and marketing to manufacturers of optical disc drives (DVD and CD drives) for integration into products such as PCs. |
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