optical drive

English

Noun

optical drive (plural optical drives)

1. (computer hardware) 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, Blu-ray 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

• 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

• Bulgarian: оптично устройство n (optično ustrojstvo)
• German: optisches Laufwerk n
• Romanian: unitate optică f