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UMD

Short for Universal Media Disc, it is a  proprietary optical disc format developed by Sony for use with the Playstation Portable game console.  At only 60mm in diameter, it can store 1.8GB of digital data. It is currently being used for holding Playstation Portable compatible games or movies. Sony had announced plans to open the format to third party developers and companies.



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