... methods have been developed more recently for use with optical discs. For the most part, optical discs include the widely known CD-ROM and the newer Digital Versatile Disc, or DVD. The DVD similar to a CD-ROM, only it is capable of storing more data than the combined capacity of twenty-five CD-ROMs. In any case, some programs require the CD ... -ROM or DVD to be in the drive in order for the software to start up. This somewhat protects against installing multiple copies of software on multiple machines, but does not take into ... ...

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