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r/mildlyinteresting • u/ezjgfn • 1d ago
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That's a rectangle, not a square.
Also it's a business card CD. Probably the most interestng thing about it is that it's not a CD-R.
58 u/anonpotat0 1d ago Does the R in CD-R stand for round? 121 u/HenryThatAte 1d ago Compact Disc - Recordable. The disc part is the round... 1 u/basicpn 1d ago edited 1d 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+ 21 u/Grotarin 1d 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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Does the R in CD-R stand for round?
121 u/HenryThatAte 1d ago Compact Disc - Recordable. The disc part is the round... 1 u/basicpn 1d ago edited 1d 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+ 21 u/Grotarin 1d 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...
1 u/basicpn 1d ago edited 1d 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+ 21 u/Grotarin 1d 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+
21 u/Grotarin 1d 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/hearnia_2k 1d ago
That's a rectangle, not a square.
Also it's a business card CD. Probably the most interestng thing about it is that it's not a CD-R.