Our Consumables includes removable data storage devices such as blank CD and DVD media, tapes and other diskettes. Also included is a selection of Printer Ink, Cartridges, Paper and Transparencies.
A type of optical disk storage media, compact disks come in a variety of formats. These formats include CD-ROMs that are read-only, CD-Rs that you can write to once and are then read-only.
Abbreviation for Compact Disc-Rewritable. Unlike write-once CDR media, CDRW discs are rewritable and can be erased and re-recorded upon over and over again. CDRW discs can not be played back on all CD players and CDROM drives, but only on CD players, CDROM drives, and DVD players and drives that are CDRW playback-compatible. CDRW discs are available in two types-multimedia CDRW discs for computer use and music-only CDRW discs for use in home audio CD recorders.
A floppy disk is a data storage device that comprises a circular piece of thin, flexible (hence "floppy") magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic wallet. Floppy disks are read and written by a floppy disk drive or FDD, not to be confused with "fixed disk drive", which is an old IBM term for a hard disk drive.
"Digital Versatile Disk." (Formerly Digital Video Disk.) Same size as a CD but stores seven times CD capacity on a single side. DVDs can also be double-sided or dual layer. Today most DVDs are used to display full-length commercial motion pictures, plus additional material such as outtakes, director's notes, movie trailers, etc.
