1) Antiquated drive 2) Aol giveaway 3) AOL giveaway of the past 4) AOL mailing 5) AOL medium, once 6) Audiobook medium 7) Backup medium for a PC 8) Britannica debut of 1994 9) Circular storage medium 10) Computer burner output 11) Computer disk 12) Computer drive insert 13) Computer feature 14) Computer game format
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A CD-ROM m is a pre-pressed optical compact disc which contains data. The name is an acronym which stands for `Compact Disc Read-Only Memory`. Computers can read CD-ROMs, but cannot write on the CD-ROMs which are not writable or erasable. Until the mid-2000s, CD-ROMs were popularly used to distribute software for computers and video game console.....
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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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Compact Disc Read Only Memory. These discs hold as much as 660 megabytes of memory.
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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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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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(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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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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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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Compact disc read-only memory. A compact disc format that can store data other than just standard CD audio. Many programs, sound sample libraries, and graphics are distributed on CD-ROM because each CD can store hundreds of megabytes of information, yet costs about the same to manufacture as a floppy disk, which only stores about 1 megabyte. See RO...
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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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(abbreviation for) Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
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Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
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a compact disc used for the storage of data in read-only (ROM) format.
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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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CD Read-Only Memory
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Compact Disc Read Only Memory
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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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acronym: compact disc-read only memory
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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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Compact Disc technology (originally Read Only Memory, now re-writeable).
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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 using some type of computer interface, but however...
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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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Compact Disc Read Only Memory - A compact disc format used to hold text, graphics and hi-fi stereo sound. The audio CD player cannot play CD-ROMs, but CD-ROM players can play audio discs.
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a compact disk on which a large amount of digitized read-only data can be stored. Cf. ROM.
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