"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. Categories (topical): Computer hardware Synonyms: optical disc drive, optical disk drive Hyponyms: WORM drive, MO drive, MD drive, CD drive, DVD drive, HD DVD drive, Blu-ray drive 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 Translations (drive that reads optical media): optisches Laufwerk [neuter] (German), unitate optică [feminine] (Romanian)

Inflected forms

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