: a CD containing computer data that cannot be altered
Examples of CD-ROM in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebBeginning his journey in 1989 in digital marketing, Koenigs founded one of the very first digital marketing companies in the world, Digital Cafe, which relied on floppy disks, CD-ROMs, modems, and early online service providers like AOL, Prodigy, Delphi, AppleLink, and EarthLinkⓇ.—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024 Noyes created Ruff’s Bone, a groundbreaking interactive CD-ROM product for Broderbund Software, at Colossal in 1994.—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2024 Enlarge Getty The Japanese government is finally letting go of floppy disks and CD-ROMs.—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2024 Court documents show that the coast guard captain gave authorities a CD-ROM containing video recordings, but the source of the recordings is unclear, and they have not been made public.—Karam Shoumali, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023 Bettmann/Getty Images Users also benefited from the rise of CD-ROM and DVD-ROM media, which provided space for more detailed textures, more terrain data, and quicker data-transfer speeds.—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2023
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