Stands for 'Compact Disc - Read Only Memory'. A non-writeable disc, usually containing computer software or games.

See Compact disk - read only memory.

Stands for "CD-Read Only Memory." This is a CD that cannot be over-written, such as any CD on which software is provided.

1983, in computer jargon; also cd-rom; from compact disc read-only memory.

Compact Disc Read-Only Memory, an optically read disc designed to hold information such as music, reference materials, or computer software. A single CD-ROM can hold around 640 megabytes of data, enough for several encyclopaedias. Most software programs are now delivered on CD-ROMs.

Compact Disk, Read Only Memory; a high-capacity secondary storage medium. Information contained on a CD is read-only. Special CD-ROM mastering equipment available in the OIT Multimedia Lab can be rese [..]

The act of digging up a corpse and adding barney stickers to it.

It stands for "compact-disk, read-only memory." It is a type of disk that has a lot of memory. Many computer games that you buy come on CD-ROM to be put into your CD-ROM drive.  You can also save information to a CD-ROM in order to load it onto a different computer.

Compact Disc - Read Only Memory. It's a storage place that disallows recording or manipulating of its data.

(Compact Disc Read-Only Memory) - a pre-pressed optical compact disc which contains data or music playback.

 (Compact Disc - Read-Only Memory): CD

Compact Disk - Read Only Memory. Optical (CD) disks that are mastered and then can only be read; i.e., the data cannot be manipulated, removed, etc.

compact disc - read only memory.

an optical data storage medium with a capacity of about 640 megabytes of data. CD-ROMs look like audio compact discs and are used primarily for the storage and distribution of multimedia, software and [..]

Abbreviation for Compact Disk-Read Only Memory. A small disk device capable of storing extremely large amounts of data, but which cannot be erased and reused for storing other data (the reason it is referred to as “read only”).

Compact disc with read-only memory; a non-interactive CD which is the platform for almost all offline electronic publishing.

Jensens Internet Dictionary Compact Disc-Read Only Memory compact discs. This is now an obsolete term since, in 1997, CD-RW discs also known as CD-Rewritable discs made "read only memory" a thing of the past. These 5.25 inch discs can be recorded, written over at will (unless file protected), and played back from computers connect [..]

storage memory for the computer.

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 sin [..]

Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (pronounced "see dee rahm"), a small plastic optical disk similar to an audio compact disc, measuring 4.72 inches (12 centimeters) in diameter, used as a publis [..]

Compact Disk, Read-Only Memory. A type of storage device that looks just like an audio CD and stores as much data as a large hard disk (600MB), making it a popular means of distributing fonts, photos, electronic encyclopedias, games, and multimedia offerings. As the name indicates, however, you can't save or change files on a CD-ROM, only read [..]

Abbreviation for Compact Disc Read Only Memory. A CD-ROM is an Optical Disc on to which data has been written via a laser - a process often referred to as "burning a CD": see Burn. A [..]

Almost every computer in use today has a CD-ROM drive. The CD-ROM is a form of high-density optical storage that is more commonly used for audio Compact Discs, but which is also used for data [..]

Acronym for Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory. A CD-ROM drive uses the CD format as a computer storage medium.

Computer disk, read-only-memory. A disk that stores bits, bytes and multimedia.

Compact Disc-Read Only Memory.

Compact Disc Read-Only Memory. A storage medium. Data are "stamped" onto the disc during the manufacturing process. The disc is read-only. A variant has appeared that is rewritable, but this [..]

A computer storage medium similar to the audio CD that can hold more than 600 megabytes of read-only digital information.

Compact Disk Read Only Memory. A storage medium. Data are "stamped" onto the disk during the manufacturing process. The disk is read-only.

A circular computer disk that stores more information than the standard 3 1/2" floppy disk. Your computer must have a CD-Rom drive to read it.

An acronym for Compact Disk Read-Only Memory, a CD-ROM is a storage medium for digital data. CD-ROMs can hold 650 Mb.

A non-web-based database. CD-ROM databases are accessible only from designated library computer workstations.

A machine that stores lots of stuff (data) and lets you do a lot of things (using software and applications).

A compact disc formatted for data storage. Most CD-ROMs can store 650 megabytes of data.

(Compact Disc Read-Only Memory)

Compact Disc Read-Only Memory-a data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs. It is popular for distribution of software, especially multimedia applications. The maximum capacity is more than 600 megabytes, or the storage equivalent of more than 400 high-density floppy drives.

Compact Disk-Read Only Memory: An optical disk from which information may be read but not written. CD-R or Compact Disk-Recordable: Refers to computer peripheral disk drives that allow the user to rec [..]

A computer disk that can store large amounts of information; generally used on computers with CD-ROM drives. "CD-ROM" stands for "Compact Disk Read Only Memory". That means it can [..]

A Compact Disc that is used to store computer data/information. Requires a CD-ROM drive to read the information. Back to Top

(n) 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

(Compact Disk-Read Only Memory) A misnomer, as strictly speaking it is not memory but storage. Identical to standard music CDs. Currently the most popular medium for releasing programs on, as it can hold literally hundreds of times as much information as a standard floppy disk, about 650 Megabytes in total. Once a CD-ROM has been created its conten [..]

(Compact Disk-Read Only Memory) A misnomer, as strictly speaking it is not memory but storage. Identical to standard music CDs. A popular medium for releasing programs. Now being replaced by DVD, whic [..]

Compact Disc-Read Only Memory

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.

A compact disk player that reads compact disks. (Makes sense to me.) :-) CD-ROM disks can hold approximately 700MBs of data.

A compact disk that functions as a read-only memory.

 Stands for "Compact Disc Read-Only Memory." A CD-ROM is a CD that can be read by a computer with an optical drive. The "ROM" part of the term means the data on the disc is "read-only," or cannot be altered or erased.  

An abbreviation of Compact Disc, Read-Only Memory. The discs themselves are identical to audio CDs, but they contain many different types of data, rather than just coded audio. On a computer, one can read the data which can contain graphics, sound, video, text, and other information. Musicians now often include a CD-ROM track on their audio CDs, or [..]

Compact disc-read only memory. A compact-disc technology that enables a personal computer to access digitally text, still images, moving pictures, and sound.

A compact disc that can store a large amount of information. The CD-ROM drive reads that information. CD-R is a recordable CD for home and studio use. The Photo CD and CD-R are write once, read many times discs; a CD-RW is a CD that can be written over, if desired.

A compact disc format that allows storage of information in a read only format. CD-R (CD-Recordable):

Compact Disc - Read Only Memory. An optimal disc that is used to store text, graphics and audio data for computer applications. The contents may not be changed or rewritten.

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 d [..]

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 d [..]

Compact Disc with content accessible on a computer

A read-only medium used for distribution of the MIT-BIH and ESC databases, among others. CD-ROMs are physically identical in appearance to audio compact disks. CD-ROM readers are available for most mi [..]

Compact disc read-only memory.

Data storage medium that uses compact discs to store about 1,500 floppy discs worth of data.

Data storage medium that uses compact discs to store about 1,500 floppy discs worth of data.

Abbreviation for compact disk read-only memory. An optical digital storage device, of high capacity, capable of being read from but not written to.

A compact disc containing data (not music) that can be read by a computer.

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).

 optical storage device read by lasers; can hold up to 700 megabytes of data