What is a cd rom?
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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). Some CDs hold both computer data and audio with the latter capable of being played on a CD player, whilst data (such as software or digital video) is only usable on a computer. These are called Enhanced CDs.
Although many people use lowercase letters in this acronym, proper presentation is in all capital letters with a hyphen between CD and ROM. It was also suggested by some, especially soon after the technology was first released, that CD-ROM was an acronym for "Compact Disc read-only-media", or that it was a more 'correct' definition. This was not the intention of the original team who developed the CD-ROM, and common acceptance of the 'memory' definition is now almost universal. This is probably in no small part due to the widespread use of other 'ROM' acronyms such as Flash-ROMs and EEPROMs where 'memory' is the correct term.
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CD-RW ...is a Re-writeable Cd, you can erase and constantly add data. You need to have a CD-RW Cd device on your computer. Most computers that can burn cd's can also burn a CD-RW.
CD-Rom.. can only be burned once, in other words once you put music or data on it, you can't do it again.
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with a CD-RW you can add and delete data or music. Most portable CD players can play CD-rom, but you need to check if it can play CD-RW.
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CD-RW...Compact Disc Re-Writeable
CD-ROM ...Compact Disc Rom
hey here is a simple and sr8 forward answer.
cd rom stands for compact disk read only memory.
This is not the actual disk but it is what reads the disk. It is the drive that you put your cd's in. If you need to know more just hit me on my email ill try to help you out in more detail
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