2006-10-25 02:20:19 · 13 answers · asked by ASHERS 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Compact Disc - Read-Only Memory
Compact Disc as in optical disc originally for music.
Read-Only Memory as in you cannot write to it like a floppy disc. The data is imprinted when the disc is "pressed" or created and can only happen once.
2006-10-25 02:22:14 · answer #1 · answered by captainspizzo 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
CD-ROM (an abbreviation of "Compact Disc Read-Only Memory") is a compact disc that contains data accessible by a computer. While the compact disc format was originally designed for music storage and playback, the format was later adapted to hold any form of binary data. CD-ROMs are popularly used to distribute computer software, including games and multimedia applications, though any data can be stored (up to the capacity limit of a disc).
2006-10-25 02:27:15 · answer #2 · answered by shyla 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pronounced see-dee-rom. Short for Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory, a type of optical disk capable of storing large amounts of data -- up to 1GB, although the most common size is 650MB (megabytes). A single CD-ROM has the storage capacity of 700 floppy disks, enough memory to store about 300,000 text pages.
CD-ROMs are stamped by the vendor, and once stamped, they cannot be erased and filled with new data. To read a CD, you need a CD-ROM player. All CD-ROMs conform to a standard size and format, so you can load any type of CD-ROM into any CD-ROM player. In addition, CD-ROM players are capable of playing audio CDs, which share the same technology.
CD-ROMs are particularly well-suited to information that requires large storage capacity. This includes large software applications that support color, graphics, sound, and especially video.
2006-10-25 02:25:34 · answer #3 · answered by Jack 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Compact Disc - Read Only Memory
2006-10-25 02:53:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi!
CD-ROM means: Compact Disk - Read-Only Memory (write once read many).
Good luck!
2006-10-25 02:24:13 · answer #5 · answered by Robintel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Compact Disc Read only memory
2006-10-25 02:22:51 · answer #6 · answered by Rockytruelyrox 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
More details here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-ROM
2006-10-25 02:23:39 · answer #7 · answered by e404pnf 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
2006-10-25 02:23:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Compact Disk - Read Only Memory.
2006-10-25 02:31:17 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-22 12:37:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋