What Are DVD Disks?
DVD Disk: The acronym DVD (for digital disk) refers to a relatively new high-capacity CD storage format that was initially developed to store the full contents of a standard two-hour movie. The acronym DVD originally stood for digital videodisk. Proponent of the technology later felt that word video was too limiting-the disk can also store text, graphics, and audio—so the longer name is often dropped or, alternatively, the words versatile substituted for video. DVD technology is initially being targeted as the successor to music CDs, computer CD-ROM and prerecorded VHS videotapes that people buy and rent for home viewing. Actually, the home-entertainment version is called simply the DVD. The computer version of the DVD is called the DVD-ROM disk it represent a new generation of high-density CD-ROM disks, with either write-once rewrite able (called DVD-RAM) capabilities. Of course, each of these DVD applications needs its own peripheral devise, so a whole new generation of hardware will
