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WORM drive

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-006659

A type of optical disk drive that allows data to be written to a disk only once, but read multiple times. The acronym WORM stands for Write Once, Read Many. This technology is used for archiving data where immutability and long-term retention are required, such as in legal or medical records.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-006659
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial electronics
TranslationsGerman: WORM-Laufwerk; Spanish: WORM drive; French: WORM drive
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006659",
  "term": "WORM drive",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A type of optical disk drive that allows data to be written to a disk only once, but read multiple times. The acronym WORM stands for Write Once, Read Many. This technology is used for archiving data where immutability and long-term retention are required, such as in legal or medical records.",
  "subject": "Industrial electronics",
  "translations": {
    "de": "WORM-Laufwerk",
    "es": "WORM drive",
    "fr": "WORM drive"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/worm-drive/"
}

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