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CD-ROM

Pre-pressed compact disc containing computer data

EntityQ7982

Also known as Compact Disc Read-only memory · Compact Disc Read-Only Memory · CD

Subclass of: compact disc
, machine-readable medium
, recording medium

Overview

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A CD-ROM is a type of read-only memory consisting of a pre-pressed optical compact disc that contains data computers can read, but not write or erase. Some CDs, called enhanced CDs, hold both computer data and audio with the latter capable of being played on a CD player, while data is only usable on a computer.

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64 statements · 22% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Different from: lurker
compact disc
Discovered by: Denon
Discovered: 1982

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49 identifiers linking CD-ROM across the web's reference databases

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