Magneto-optical drive
Okay kiddo, so let me tell you about a special type of computer drive called a magneto-optical drive. This drive looks like a CD or DVD drive that you might see on a computer.
But instead of using lasers to read and write information like a regular drive, a magneto-optical drive uses both light and magnetism to do its work.
When you put a disc into a magneto-optical drive, a beam of light is shone onto it. This light is used to change the magnetic properties of the disc. The disc has a special coating that becomes magnetized when it’s hit with the light beam.
The magnetized areas on the disc can then be read by the drive's read head. It can also be rewritten onto again and again because the light beam can weaken the magnetism and re-magnetize it in a different way.
This technology is useful because it allows for a lot more data to be stored on a disc than a regular CD or DVD. It was often used for backup purposes and archived data, but it has been replaced by flash drives and cloud storage in recent years.
And that's magneto-optical drives in a nutshell, kiddo!
But instead of using lasers to read and write information like a regular drive, a magneto-optical drive uses both light and magnetism to do its work.
When you put a disc into a magneto-optical drive, a beam of light is shone onto it. This light is used to change the magnetic properties of the disc. The disc has a special coating that becomes magnetized when it’s hit with the light beam.
The magnetized areas on the disc can then be read by the drive's read head. It can also be rewritten onto again and again because the light beam can weaken the magnetism and re-magnetize it in a different way.
This technology is useful because it allows for a lot more data to be stored on a disc than a regular CD or DVD. It was often used for backup purposes and archived data, but it has been replaced by flash drives and cloud storage in recent years.
And that's magneto-optical drives in a nutshell, kiddo!
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