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Optical disc

technology Maturity 11-13

A disc is a flat circle.

Compact Disc.png
Compact Disc.png
It holds music and movies. A tiny beam of light reads the data. This helps you watch shows. It is very cool! Do you like movies on a disc?
CD drive lens.jpg
CD drive lens.jpg

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Compact Disc.png
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CD drive lens.jpg
File:Water running on CD-RW - label side.jpg
Water running on CD-RW - label side.jpg
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Lichttonorgelversuchsscheibe.jpg
File:Comparison CD DVD HDDVD BD.svg
Comparison CD DVD HDDVD BD.svg
File:QPxTool DVD error rate graph.png
QPxTool DVD error rate graph.png
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📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 12.3 | Vital Level 4