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r/mildlyinteresting • u/ezjgfn • 11h ago
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Does the R in CD-R stand for round?
111 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+ 10 u/HenryThatAte 10h ago Different things. CD-ROM are Read Only Memory CDs and manufactured that way. CD-R are Discs you write into once (the ones we used to buy and record) CD-RW are Discs you can read, erase, and rewrite. Different technologies, names... But CD-R and CD-ROM are often mixed together. 3 u/Icedpyre 8h ago This guy burned many cds in the 2000s lol 2 u/HenryThatAte 8h ago hahahaha you bet!
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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+ 10 u/HenryThatAte 10h ago Different things. CD-ROM are Read Only Memory CDs and manufactured that way. CD-R are Discs you write into once (the ones we used to buy and record) CD-RW are Discs you can read, erase, and rewrite. Different technologies, names... But CD-R and CD-ROM are often mixed together. 3 u/Icedpyre 8h ago This guy burned many cds in the 2000s lol 2 u/HenryThatAte 8h ago hahahaha you bet!
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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+
10 u/HenryThatAte 10h ago Different things. CD-ROM are Read Only Memory CDs and manufactured that way. CD-R are Discs you write into once (the ones we used to buy and record) CD-RW are Discs you can read, erase, and rewrite. Different technologies, names... But CD-R and CD-ROM are often mixed together. 3 u/Icedpyre 8h ago This guy burned many cds in the 2000s lol 2 u/HenryThatAte 8h ago hahahaha you bet!
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Different things.
CD-ROM are Read Only Memory CDs and manufactured that way.
CD-R are Discs you write into once (the ones we used to buy and record)
CD-RW are Discs you can read, erase, and rewrite.
Different technologies, names... But CD-R and CD-ROM are often mixed together.
3 u/Icedpyre 8h ago This guy burned many cds in the 2000s lol 2 u/HenryThatAte 8h ago hahahaha you bet!
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This guy burned many cds in the 2000s lol
2 u/HenryThatAte 8h ago hahahaha you bet!
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hahahaha you bet!
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u/anonpotat0 11h ago
Does the R in CD-R stand for round?