What Does Optical Drive Mean?
An optical drive is an internal or external computer disk drive that uses laser beam technology to read and write data.
Techopedia Explains Optical Drive
Some of the popularity and utility of disc drives has to do with their capacity for data storage and the less intrusive build, compared to hard disk and floppy disk drives. Users particularly liked the ability to download (rip) songs from one CD and save them on another CD.
