MMC

MMC may refer to any of the following: 1. Short for MultiMediaCard, MMC is a memory card available as flash memory and ROM used in such devices as car radios, cell phones, igital cameras, PDAs, MP3 players, and printers. Today, there are various variations and…

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Memory card

Alternatively referred to as a flash memory card, a Memory card is a type of storage media that is often used to store photos, videos, or other data in electronic devices. Devices that…

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Flash memory

Flash memory may refer to any of the following: 1. Alternatively referred to as flash storage, flash memory is a non-volatile computer memory. It was first invented by Fujio Masuoka in the early 1980s while at Toshiba and introduced to the…

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Recordable DVD drives

Alternatively referred to as a DVD writer, recordable DVD drivesare disc drives capable of creating DVD discs. Unfortunately, unlike recordable CD drives, any competing standards exist for creating DVD discs. For example,…

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BD(Blu-ray Disc)

BD may refer to any of the following: 1. Short for Blu-ray disc, BD or BD-ROM, is an optical disc format developed by thirteen consumer electronics and PC companies. These companies include Dell, Hitachi, Hewlett Packard, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Sony, and TDK. Blu-ray was first introduced…

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CD-ROM

Short for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory, a CD-ROM is an optical disc that contains audio or software data whose memory is read-only. A CD-ROM Drive or optical drive is the device used to read them. CD-ROM drives have speeds ranging…

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CD-R

Alternatively referred to as a cd writer, CD-WO (write once), or WORM (write once read many), CD-R is short for Compact Disc-Recordable. It is a writable disc and drive that is capable of having information written to the…

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Zip drive

A Zip drive is a small, portable disk drive used primarily for backing up and archiving personal computer files. The trademarked Zip drive was developed and is sold by Iomega…

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Magnetic card

A magnetic card is a rectangular object that contains either a magnetic strip on the outside or a magnetic object in the card that contains data. A magnetic card may contain information about an…

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Hard drive

A hard disk drive (sometimes abbreviated as hard drive, HD, or HDD) is a non-volatile memory hardware device that permanently stores and retrieves data on a computer. A hard drive is a secondary storage device that consists of one or…

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