Definition: DVD


Digital Versatile Disk. A data storage media with platters similar to a CD. The storage capacity is much higher than for a CD. DVD is used for storing video, sound, and data.




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Low-level formatting

The process of creating sectors on the disk surface; this permits the operating system to use the regions needed to create the file structure. Also called initialization. Low-level formatting is often performed at manufacturing facilities or in highend technciacl data facilities. There is no need (in most scenarios) for a typical consumer to low-level format a hard drive.

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