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MO = "Magneto Optical"<br>
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duffmckagan wrote:
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  <pre wrap="">On 8/5/05, Bryan J. Smith <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org"><b.j.smith@ieee.org></a> wrote:

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    <pre wrap="">In general, avoid DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD+R for backups if you are
worried about longevity.  Especially DVD-RW and DVD+RW (which _are_ MO-
based, despite marketing to the contrary) because of the error rates of
MO.  DVD-RAM mitigates this with a write-after-verify.


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Can you tell me what does MO-based mean?

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