Look up: CD-ROM

1. CD ROM
   Compact Disk Read Only Memory. A storage medium based on the digital music recording specification. There are two basic specifications, High Sierra, and ISO 9660, which may be made interoperable with the Rock Ridge extensions.
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2. CD ROM
   Acronym for 'Compact Disc Read Only Memory'. A CD ROM uses optical technology and is a compact disc on which vast amounts of data are stored. CDs are read-only storage devices to write data users need to exploit CD-R or CD-RW technology. The data is stored in the form of microscopic holes in the shiny surface of the disk. A laser beam is shone onto …
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3. CD-ROM
   Compact Disc Read Only Memory. These discs hold as much as 660 megabytes of memory.
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4. CD-ROM
   acronym: compact disc-read only memory
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5. CD-ROM
   Computer disk, read-only-memory. A disk that stores bits, bytes and multimedia.
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6. CD-ROM
   Compact Disk - Read Only Memory: A record like storage medium that uses digital and optical laser technology to store about 600Mb of text, pictures, and sound on a single disk. With newer versions (CD-ROMXA, CDTV, CD-i) animations and moving pictures can be retrieved from the discs.
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7. CD-ROM
   Compact Disk Read Only Memory. The total capacity of a CD-ROM when storing data is up to 700 MB (including header information).
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8. CD-ROM
   [n] - a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system)
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9. CD-ROM
   Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
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10. CD-ROM
    An abbreviation of the term Compact Disc, Read Only Memory (A Compact Disc used to store digital data, such as large programs, that can be read by a computer).
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11. CD-ROM
    Compact Disk-Read Only Memory. CD-ROM is a version of CD for the storage of digital data.
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12. CD-ROM
    (Digital cameras and photo printers) Compact-Disc-Read-Only-Memory. A “read only� CD-ROM can hold up to approximately 650 or 700 MB of data, e.g. pictures and text.
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13. CD-ROM
    Compact disk-read only memory.
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14. CD-ROM
    Compact Disc technology (originally Read Only Memory, now re-writeable).
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15. CD-ROM
    Compact Disc Read Only Memory - a CD used for the storage of computer data - it is called a ROM to emphasise that the data on the disc, once written in the manufacturing stage, cannot be modified
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16. CD-ROM
    Compact Disc Read-only Memory. The term is often used for the CD platters as well as for the drive which reads them.
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17. CD-Rom
    a compact disc used for the storage of data in read-only (ROM) format.
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18. CD-ROM
    (abbreviation for) Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
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19. CD-ROM
    Compact Disc-Read Only Memory. A record-like storage medium that uses digital and optical laser technology to store about 600 Mb of text, pictures, and sound on a single disc. With newer versions (CD-ROMXA, CDTV, CD-i) animations and moving pictures can be retrieved from the discs. Usually accessed ...
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20. CD-ROM
    Compact Disc-read Only Memory. A CD-ROM drives uses the CD (compact disc) format as a computer storage medium. One CD can store 640 megabytes of data and other mixed media on a disc about the size of a traditional 5-1/4 in. floppy disk.
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21. CD-rom
    An optical disk storage system for computers on which data can be read or from which data can be retrieved but not entered or modified. A CD-rom unit is almost identical to the compact disk playback device for home use. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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22. CD-ROM
    compact disc read-only memory noun a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system); a large amount of digital information can be stored and accessed but it cannot be altered by the user
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23. CD-ROM
    type of computer memory in the form of a compact disc that is read by optical means. A CD-ROM drive uses a low-power laser beam to read digitized ... [12 related articles]
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24. CD-ROM
    Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
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25. CD-ROM
    Computer storage device developed from the technology of the audio compact disc. It consists of a plastic-coated metal disk, on which binary digital information is etched in the form of microscopic pits. This can then be read optically by passing a laser beam over the disk. CD-ROMs typically ...
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