optical drive

Frequency: 7.515.3 per million words

A type of computer disk drive that reads and writes data from optical disks.

opticalADJECTIVE + NOUN

Categories:

drive

Examples (10)

  • Many modern laptops no longer include an optical drive.
  • You'll need an external optical drive to install software from a CD.
  • The optical drive on my old computer stopped working.
  • Do you still use an optical drive for watching movies?
  • She had to purchase a separate optical drive for her new desktop.
  • Data can be backed up to a DVD using an optical drive.
  • My computer's optical drive can read both CDs and DVDs.
  • Some users prefer a laptop without an optical drive for portability.
  • Installing games from discs requires a functioning optical drive.
  • The technician replaced the faulty optical drive in the server.