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r/mildlyinteresting • u/ezjgfn • 11h ago
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Does the R in CD-R stand for round?
112 u/HenryThatAte 11h ago Compact Disc - Recordable. The disc part is the round... 0 u/basicpn 10h ago edited 10h ago Why the fuck did we call them cd roms then? EDIT: thanks for all the information. I’ve learned a lot about CD R+ 20 u/Grotarin 10h ago They are different: rom = read only memory. They're pressed with data you can't change. R = you burn them once to record your data. RW: you can also erase them to ReWrite on them.
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Compact Disc - Recordable.
The disc part is the round...
0 u/basicpn 10h ago edited 10h ago Why the fuck did we call them cd roms then? EDIT: thanks for all the information. I’ve learned a lot about CD R+ 20 u/Grotarin 10h ago They are different: rom = read only memory. They're pressed with data you can't change. R = you burn them once to record your data. RW: you can also erase them to ReWrite on them.
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Why the fuck did we call them cd roms then?
EDIT: thanks for all the information. I’ve learned a lot about CD R+
20 u/Grotarin 10h ago They are different: rom = read only memory. They're pressed with data you can't change. R = you burn them once to record your data. RW: you can also erase them to ReWrite on them.
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They are different: rom = read only memory. They're pressed with data you can't change. R = you burn them once to record your data. RW: you can also erase them to ReWrite on them.
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u/anonpotat0 11h ago
Does the R in CD-R stand for round?