Glossary definition(s) for: optical disk
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n., A high-density, direct access, digital storage medium consisting of a specially coated disk on which data are encoded in a pattern of tiny pits burned into the surface with a laser, to be read by a device that reflects a laser beam off the pitted surface, then decoded by a microprocessor into digital signals.
Dictionary definition(s) for: optical disk
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n., A high-density, direct access, digital storage medium consisting of a specially coated disk on which data are encoded in a pattern of tiny pits burned into the surface with a laser, to be read by a device that reflects a laser beam off the pitted surface, then decoded by a microprocessor into digital signals.
