Banking Computers Science United Bank of India PGDBF Manipal Exam 07-08-2016

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    A beam of light used to record and retrieve data on optical disk is known as ____

    A)  Polarized light

    B)  Coloured light

    C)  Unpolarized Concentric Light

    D) Laser

    E)  Electric light

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    [d] In optical-storage technology, a laser beam encodes digital data onto an optical, or laser, disk in the form of tiny pits arranged in concentric tracks on the disk's surface. A low-power laser scanner is used to "read" these pits. With variations in the intensity of reflected light from the pits being converted into electric signals. This technology is used in the compact disc; CD-ROM (compact disc read-only memory); WORM (write-once read-many), etc.


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