CD
ROM
Plural
CD-ROMs
1
a disk that can be used in computers which is capable of holding a specific amount of unchangeable data
- The software installation files are distributed on a CD-ROM for ease of distribution and installation.
- Many educational programs in the 1990s were distributed on CD-ROMs due to their high storage capacity.
- CD-ROM drives were standard equipment on personal computers in the 1990s and early 2000s.
- He backed up important documents onto a CD-ROM for safekeeping.
- The CD-ROM contained a collection of music tracks from the artist's early recordings.
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