2006-08-11 06:33:50 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
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2006-08-11 06:41:34 · answer #1 · answered by TRANSLOPEDIA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DVD is Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc.
CD is a Compact Disc
Both look alike but their capacities vary. CD holds about 700MB whereas a DVD holds 7 times more: 4700MB. Dual layer DVDs (expensives ones) can hold 14 times a CD.
CDs are normally used to store files, music and sometimes movies in low quality.
DVDs were earlier used for movies, but now used for files and everything.
You can write files onto a blank CD (normally called burning a CD) with a CD Writer drive (CDRW)
A DVD Writer writes onto both DVDs and CDs
2006-08-11 14:29:17 · answer #2 · answered by ☼ Ỉẩη ♫ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DVD is digital video disk. CD is compact disk. A standard DVD holds 4.7gb of data, a CD only holds 700 mb. A DVD is made to hold video which takes up a lot more space. Both basically work the same, DVD is the next generation.
See the web site listed for a comprehensive scientific explanation of how they work. Be well.
2006-08-11 13:40:26 · answer #3 · answered by Bear 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DVD = Digital Video Disc
CD = Compact disc
A CD works much like vinyl, with a series of ripples burnt into the surface, very compactly. hence compact CD. This is also known as an analogue method.
A DVD records the data as 0's and 1's the same as computer information, and requires intelligence to read the disc.
This is a digital method.
A CD will hold 750Mb, and a DVD will hold 4Gb+ depending on layers.
2006-08-11 13:41:09 · answer #4 · answered by Shockey Monkey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disk aka Digital Video Disc.
DVD have larger capacity than CD.
2006-08-11 13:38:46 · answer #5 · answered by Manjeet Virk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what really mean "dvd", it may be DIGITALLY VIDEO DISC". But the fact is that the dvd can store up to 4.7 Gb, instead of 740 - 800 Mb which is the capacity of the cd.
2006-08-11 13:39:52 · answer #6 · answered by florin2901 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DVD stands for "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc".
and cd stands for compact disk.
Basicly you can hold more information on dvd than cd
2006-08-11 13:38:22 · answer #7 · answered by Tiger 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DVD (also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc"
and the diference is capacity dvd 4.7 gb or 8.5 for doual layer dvd and a cd is 700 MB
2006-08-11 13:37:26 · answer #8 · answered by MaxTunk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Digital Video Disc
2006-08-11 13:38:55 · answer #9 · answered by kaedajnor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it stand for "Digital Video Disc" the different is the capacity and the compatible. With a DVD you can hold data upto 8.5gb with double layers and single layer you can hold datas upto 4.7gb. The maxium capacity for CD is 800MB. Which is less than 1gb. And also the qualify.
2006-08-11 13:40:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a think dvd stands for digital versatile disc
2006-08-11 13:36:36 · answer #11 · answered by bloodystu_2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋