An optical disc (CD, DVD) or USB drive that contains a bootable program that takes control of the computer. Computers are typically configured to look for the OS on a CD or DVD first and then the ...

(1) An external storage or optical disc drive that plugs into the USB port. See portable hard drive. (2) A small solid state storage module that plugs into the computer's USB port. Emerging just ...

In Windows operating systems, drive letters play a fundamental role in identifying storage devices, such as hard disks, solid ...

Few of us burn CDs for our cars anymore, now that aux ports, Bluetooth, and USB ports ... portable hard drives, without the usual write-once limitation. As it turns out, though, optical media ...