| DVD is a format to store optical data. It is used as a | | | | are now available. DVD RAM 1.0 is a single-sided, one- |
| storage medium for movies with very high video and | | | | layer disk with a capacity of 2.58 GB or a |
| sound quality. The DVD RAM or the DVD | | | | double-sided one-layer disk with a capacity of 5.16 |
| Read-And-Write Memory is a disk specification. The | | | | GB. The DVD RAM 2.0 is a single-sided, one layer disk |
| DVD Forum came up with it in 1996 and since 1998, | | | | with a capacity of 4.7 GB.These disks are being |
| DVD RAM has been used in computers, camcorders | | | | marketed by the RAM Promotion Group (RAMPRG), |
| and personal video recorders. The name is a | | | | and they have on their list some of the best known |
| shortening of the words Read-And-Write Memory | | | | companies: Hitachi, Toshiba, Maxell, LG Electronics, |
| and not Random Access Memory. Thus the acronym | | | | Matsushita/Panasonic, Samsung and Teac.Originally |
| can be misleading. This disk has many small rectangles | | | | DVD RAMs were sold in cartridges. The newer DVD |
| on its surface. It has concentric tracks and is | | | | recorders, however work with no-cartridge disks so |
| accessed like a usual floppy disk or hard drive.DVD | | | | today, a cartridge disk is about 50% more expensive |
| RAM is supported by Mac OS 8.6, Linux and | | | | than one without a cartridge.There are many benefits |
| Microsoft Windows XP. The earlier versions of | | | | of a DVD RAM. It has a long life, and the data can |
| Windows require device drivers or the program InCD. | | | | be retained for around 30 years. It can be rewritten |
| Though the optical drives shipped with the current | | | | a phenomenal 100,000 times and no special DVD |
| Apple Macintosh computers do not support DVD | | | | burning software is needed. Small files can be quickly |
| RAM functions, a third party DVD RAM-compatible | | | | accessed and it can be used like a removable hard |
| drive can be connected and used directly with Mac | | | | disk.RAM provides detailed information on RAM, RAM |
| OS. It is a highly reliable format, as the disks have a | | | | Memory, DVD RAM, DDR RAM and more. RAM is |
| built-in error control.There are two specifications that | | | | affiliated with Linux Mail Servers. |