WORM DISKS
\wˈɜːm dˈɪsks], \wˈɜːm dˈɪsks], \w_ˈɜː_m d_ˈɪ_s_k_s]\
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A computer disk read by a laser beam, containing data prerecorded by a vendor. The buyer cannot enter or modify data in any way but the advantages lie in the speed of accessibility, relative immunity to damage, and relatively low cost of purchase.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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sir richard blackmore
- An English physician poet; born in Wiltshire about 1650; died 1729. Besides medical works, Scripture paraphrases, satirical verse, he wrote Popian couplets "Prince Arthur, a Heroic Poem"(1695), and voluminous religious epic, "The Creation"(1712), very successful much praised then, but not now read.