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disc

—A round, flat piece of material, designed to be read from

and written to by optical (laser) technology, and used in the
production of optical discs, such as CDs and DVDs.
Compare

disk.

disk

—A round, flat piece of material that can be magnetically

influenced to hold information in digital form, and used in the
production of magnetic disks, such as hard disks. Compare
disc. See also hard disk.

disk drive

—The device that reads and writes information and

programs on external media or hard disk. It rotates the disk
at high speed past one or more read/write heads.

document

—Any file created with an application and, if saved

to disk, given a name by which it can be retrieved. See also
file.

double-click

—To press and release the pointing device’s

primary button rapidly twice without moving the pointing
device. In the Windows

operating system, this refers to the

pointing device’s left button, unless otherwise stated.

download

—(1) In communications, to receive a file from

another computer through a modem or network. (2) To send
font data from the computer to a printer. See also

upload.

drag

—To hold down the mouse button while moving the pointer

to drag a selected object. In the Windows

operating

system, this refers to the left mouse button, unless otherwise
stated.

driver

—See

device driver.

DVD

—An individual digital versatile (or video) disc. See also

DVD-ROM.

DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile [or Video] Disc Read-Only

Memory)

—A very high-capacity storage medium that uses

laser optics for reading data. Each DVD-ROM can hold as
much data as several CD-ROMs. Compare

CD-ROM.

emulation

—A technique in which a device or program imitates

another device or program.

enable

—To turn on a computer option. See also

disable.