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CD-ROM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
CD-ROM; compact disc read-only memory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("CD-ROM" is a kind of...):
CD; compact disc; compact disk (a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser)
fixed storage; read-only memory; read-only storage; ROM ((computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed)