optical drive

English

Noun

optical drive (plural optical drives)

A drive that reads optical media.

Synonyms

optical disc drive
optical disk drive

Hyponyms

WORM drive
MO drive
MD drive
CD drive
DVD drive
HD-DVD drive
BD drive

Coordinate terms

hard disc / hard disk
fixed disc / fixed disk
floppy disc / floppy disk / diskette / minifloppy / microfloppy / minidiskette / microdiskette
optical disc / optical disk

Related terms

floppy drive / floppy disk drive / floppy disc drive
hard drive / hard disc drive / hard disk drive
fixed drive / fixed disc drive / fixed disk drive

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