Compact Disk Read-Only-Memory.
Read-only-memory refers to a long-term memory solution. You have it in your computer under the form of a hard drive. Files and programs are stored in Read-Only-Memory then transferred to Random-Access-Memory (RAM, usually called "memory" by the average person) to work with.
Compact disk is just the name of the technology used to store the data.
CD-ROM stands for Compact Disc Read Only Memory
the word CD stands for compact disk often shortened to CD ROM
CD stands for compact disc. ROM means it is not possible to write to the disc/memory. CD stands for compact disc. ROM means it is not possible to write to the disc/memory.
Those would probably not be considered an "output" device. CD rom and compact disc are the same thing (CD stands for "Compact Disc").
CD-rom stands for Compact Disc Read Only Memory. This type of CD is used to store data, and cannot be changed once it has been written to.
It is CD-ROM and it means Compact Disc - Read Only Memory For DVD-ROM it is Digital Video Disc - Read Only Memory
CD-ROM is an accronoym for Compact Disc Read only memory, This id a CD that can be read in your CD drive but not written too. WWW stands for world wide web i.e the internet.
optical disls
Advantages OF A cd-rom
CD-ROM burners
A CD ROM drive cannot read a DVD. So it is not possible to use a CD ROM as a DVD ROM. A DVD ROM drive can work with a CD though.
You need a CD-ROM because then you can acess its read only memory