compact disc read-only memory

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsCD-ROM

   Broadercompact diskread-only memory

Questions about compact disc read-only memory

What does compact disc read-only memory mean?

compact disc read-only memory means "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".

What is another word for compact disc read-only memory?

Close synonyms include CD-ROM. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is compact disc read-only memory a common word?

compact disc read-only memory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.