A CD-ROM (/ˌsiːdiːˈrɒm/, compact disc read-only memory) is a type of read-only memory consisting of a pre-pressed optical compact disc that contains data...
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Super NES CD-ROM (commonly abbreviated as SNES CD) was a series of unreleased devices developed in the early 1990s that would have added CD-ROM capabilities...
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TurboGrafx-16 (redirect from PC Engine CD-ROM)
separate hardware: TurboGrafx-CD (CD-ROM² in Japan) games on compact disc, SuperGrafx games on a new console variant, and LD-ROM² games on LaserDisc via the...
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ISO 9660 (redirect from El Torito (CD-ROM standard))
organizing data on CD-ROMs into logical units such as files, which led to every CD-ROM maker creating its own format. In order to develop a CD-ROM file system...
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Clueless (redirect from Clueless CD-ROM)
Chyna-Rose Frederick (Dionne), and Romona Lewis-Malley (Tai). The Clueless CD-ROM is an activity and mini game collection based on the Clueless film and television...
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square CDs with full screen hi-fi stereo video which played in quad speed CD-ROM or DVD drives with the centre well. A variety of laser cut shapes were developed...
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Encyclopedia (redirect from CD-ROM encyclopedia)
discs replaced CD-ROMs, and by the mid-2000s, internet encyclopedias were dominant and replaced disc-based software encyclopedias. CD-ROM encyclopedias...
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Optical disc drive (redirect from CD-ROM burner)
those formats, along with having backward compatibility with audio CD, CD-R/-RW, and CD-ROM discs. Compact disc drives are no longer manufactured outside of...
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Compact disc (redirect from CD)
CD-ROM and subsequently expanded into various writable and multimedia formats. As of 2007[update], over 200 billion CDs (including audio CDs, CD-ROMs...
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Dreamcast and other Sega systems. A double-density format based on the CD-ROM that could hold up to 1 GB, it consists of a single-density track near the...
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Compact Disc Digital Audio (redirect from Red Book (audio CD format))
influential in the progression of video game music, used in mixed mode CD-ROMs, providing CD-quality audio popularized during the 1990s on hardware such as PlayStation...
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Rainbow Books (redirect from Yellow Book (CD standard))
CD+G CD-ROM (Read-Only Memory) – originally developed by Philips and Sony, it was standardized as ISO/IEC 10149 in 1988 and ECMA-130 in 1989 CD-ROM XA...
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The Hyper CD-ROM is a claimed optical data storage device similar to the CD-ROM with a multilayer 3D structure, invented by Romanian scientist Eugen Pavel...
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Philips and Japanese company Sony. It was created as an extension of CDDA and CD-ROM and specified in the Green Book specifications, co-developed by Philips...
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both CD-Audio and CD-ROM players. Formats that fall under the enhanced CD category include mixed mode CD (Yellow Book CD-ROM/Red Book CD-DA), CD-i, CD-i...
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Compressed audio optical disc (redirect from MP3 CD-ROM)
A compressed audio optical disc, MP3 CD, or MP3 CD-ROM or MP3 DVD is an optical disc (usually a CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R or DVD-RW) that contains digital audio...
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CD-RWs cannot be read in many CD readers built prior to the introduction of CD-RW. CD-ROM drives with a "MultiRead" certification are compatible. CD-RWs...
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audio CD (Red Book CD-DA) and data CD (Yellow Book CD-ROM) standards. The Yellow Book standard for CD-ROM only specifies a high-level data format and refers...
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List of TurboGrafx-16 games (redirect from List of PC-Engine CD-ROM games)
and three types of CD-ROM formats (CD-ROM², Super CD-ROM², and Arcade CD-ROM², each requiring the console to be equipped with a CD drive and the corresponding...
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runs directly from a CD-ROM or similar storage device into a computer's memory, rather than loading from a hard disk drive. A live CD allows users to run...
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MPEG-1 in standard MPEG-1, AVI, and Matroska files, or inability to read CD-ROM XA discs, or not programmed with software to understand the disc format...
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The Sega CD, known as Mega-CD in most regions outside North America and Brazil, is a CD-ROM accessory and format for the Sega Genesis produced by Sega...
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Eugen Pavel (section Hyper CD-ROM)
Eugen Pavel is a Romanian scientist and the claimed inventor of the Hyper CD-ROM. Pavel graduated with a physics degree from the University of Bucharest...
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Read-only memory (redirect from Mask ROM)
Read-only memory (ROM) is a type of non-volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices. Data stored in ROM cannot be electronically modified...
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Shovelware (section Shovelware CD-ROMs)
that for "those who do not wish to wait" for software that used the new CD-ROM format, The Software Toolworks and Access Software planned to release "game...
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karaoke machines, other consumer devices that play CD+G format CDs include the NEC TurboGrafx-CD (a CD-ROM peripheral for the TurboGrafx-16) and Turbo Duo...
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Telephone directory (section CD ROM)
eight CD-ROMs. SelectPhone is fewer CD-ROMs: five. Both provide a reverse lookup feature (by phone number or by address), albeit involving up to five CD-ROMs...
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Microsoft PowerToys (redirect from Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel)
2010. Cdburn.exe: ISO CD-ROM Burner Tool [~snip] Dvdburn.exe: ISO DVD Burner Tool Lowe, Scott (December 18, 2008). "How to use CD & DVD image files without...
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Voyager Company (section CD-ROM (Distribution only))
The Voyager Company was a pioneer in CD-ROM production in the 1980s and early 1990s. It was founded in 1984 by four partners: Jon Turell, Bill Becker,...
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Hybrid disc (redirect from Hybrid CD-ROM)
such as CD-ROM or Blu-ray, which contains multiple types of data which can be used differently on different devices. These include CD-ROM music albums...
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