| CNET GLOSSARY: Terms for the techie
blue laser
A laser with a shorter wavelength than the red laser currently used to create and read CDs and DVDs. Optical discs created with this up-and-coming technology can store up to 30GB per disc as of this writing, much more data than traditional magneto-optical disks used in hard drives can hold.
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