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

• 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

• German: optisches Laufwerk n
• Romanian: unitate optică f