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optical disk
noun
: a computer disk on which information is recorded in a way that can be read by a laser
Full Definition of OPTICAL DISK
: a disk with a plastic coating on which information (as music, visual images, or computer data) is recorded digitally (as in the form of tiny pits) and which is read by using a laser
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1977
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