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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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Whichever type of flash memory you have, understand that it acts exactly

like any other mass storage drive. If you wish, you can format a memory card

or copy, paste, and rename files.

Optical Media

Optical disc is the generic term for shiny, 12-centimeter-wide discs. The

drives that support them are called optical drives. This section examines

optical discs, finishing with the details about installing optical drives. Optical

drives are dying or dead, replaced by flash media and streaming Internet

feeds. You’ll see them on legacy computers and the CompTIA A+ exams.

Memorize the contents of this section for the exams, then just let optical

media go.

CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc drives and discs come in a variety of flavors

and formats. CD stands for compact disc, a medium that was originally

designed before Ronald Reagan won the presidency as a replacement for

vinyl records. The digital versatile disc (DVD) first eliminated VHS cassette

tapes from the commercial home movie market, and grew into a contender

for backups and high-capacity storage. Blu-ray Disc (BD) became the only

high-definition and 4K, high-capacity optical format.

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