"optical drive" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: optical drives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} optical drive (plural optical drives)
  1. (computer hardware) A drive that reads optical media. Synonyms: optical disc drive, optical disk drive Related terms: fixed disc drive, fixed disk drive, fixed drive, floppy disc drive, floppy disk drive, floppy drive, hard disc drive, hard disk drive, hard drive Translations (drive that reads optical media): оптично устройство (optično ustrojstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), optisches Laufwerk [neuter] (German), unitate optică [feminine] (Romanian)

Inflected forms

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