(adj.) Short for
magneto-optical, a type of data storage technology that combines magnetic
disk technologies with optical technologies, such as those used in
CD-ROMs. Like magnetic disks, MO disks can be
read and written to. And like
floppy disks, they are removable. However, their
storage capacity can be more than 200
megabytes, much greater than magnetic floppies. In terms of
data access speed, they are faster than floppies but not as fast as
hard disk drives.
