Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A compact disc that functions as read-only memory.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun 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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • initialism compact disk - read only memory.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun 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

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word CD-ROM.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.