Simon Review (Occasional Papers of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute) by an authorized administrator of OpenSIUC. For more information, please contactopensiuc@lib.siu.edu. Recommended Citation. Jackson, John S. The Making of a Senator: Barack Obama and the 2004 Illinois Senate Race. (Aug 2006).
Definition - What does Optical Drive mean? An optical drive is a type of computer disk drive that reads and writes data from optical disks through laser beaming technology. This type of drive allows a user to retrieve, edit and delete the content from optical disks such as CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray disks. Optical drives are among the most common computer components.
Asus external optical DVD drive. A cheap external DVD drive from Asus. Since Asus is the most important player on the netbook market, they also offer branded accessories for such devices. Thatâs why you should not be surprised an Asus external optical drive is present in this list.owever, this feature is missing on 99% of the available netbooks, ultrabooks and mini laptops these days. Because these computers are so compact thereâs simply not enough space to put a CD, DVD or Blu-ray unit inside.