"HD DVD drive" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: HD DVD drives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} HD DVD drive (plural HD DVD drives)
  1. (computer hardware) An optical drive used for reading data from and possibly writing data on an HD DVD. Related terms: Blu-ray burner, Blu-ray drive, CD burner, CD drive, DVD burner, DVD drive Translations (device for reading HD DVDs): HD DVD -asema (Finnish), HD-DVD-Laufwerk [neuter] (German), napęd HD DVD [masculine] (Polish), unitate de HD DVD [feminine] (Romanian)

Inflected forms

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