MD Data

<p>MD Data is a type of <a href="/facts/Magneto-optical/PYm8dL1h">magneto-optical</a> medium derived from <a href="/facts/MiniDisc/yF3LYCqL">MiniDisc</a>. 
</p><p>In developing and marketing it, <a href="/facts/Sony/7x4tCtBd">Sony</a> was trying to set the new standard for removable media to replace the <a href="/facts/Floppy_disk/rShxfuxa">3½-inch diskette</a> it had also helped create.  MD Data competed in a <a href="/facts/Format_war/77NuAtYp">format war</a> with other disks such as SyQuest's <a href="/facts/SyQuest_EZ_135_Drive/FDjBqpj6">EZ 135</a>, Imation's <a href="/facts/SuperDisk/9KDUgcJG">SuperDisk</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Iomega_Zip/m7mUDXTB">Iomega Zip</a>. Ultimately neither MD Data nor any of its competitors succeeded in becoming the de facto new universal standard fully replacing the 3.5 inch diskette; with <a href="/facts/Recordable_CD/yjBjpaIM">recordable CDs</a> coming closest to filling the role, followed by <a href="/facts/USB_flash_drives/Jv0qmTCF">USB flash drives</a>.
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