optical disk: Meaning and Definition of

op'tical disk'

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— Computers, Television. Computers,Television.
  1. Also calleda grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
  2. videodisk. Cf.
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