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MAGNETO-OPTICAL DISC DRIVE [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
CONT

"Magneto-optical" disk drives also make use of laser pulses in writing data, but in that technology the light heats the atoms to erase their "memory" of any previous orientation before a magnetic field re-aligns them.

Key term(s)
  • magneto-optical disc drive

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
CONT

Petit lecteur de disque magnéto-optique [...] ce lecteur pour disque magnéto-optique [de 3,5 pouces] offre une capacité de 127 [mégaoctets] et ne consomme que 4,3 [watts]. Il est doté de la calibration séquentielle et affiche un temps d'accès de 40 [millisecondes].

Spanish

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