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Today • October 7
Optical Media
Optical media is a type of data storage that uses lasers to read data from a removable plastic disc. Most optical discs are written to once by stamping encoded data into the underside of a disc's metal coating. Recordable discs can be written to by a ... Read More
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When a software program is no longer maintained, it is considered what?
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