Holographic Versatile Disc

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Invention

Domain

Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

The Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) was a proposed optical disc technology designed to store up to several terabytes of data on a 10 cm or 12 cm diameter disc. Development began in April 2004, but the project was ultimately abandoned due to funding issues.

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