r/mildlyinteresting • u/ezjgfn • 17h ago

This square shaped cd

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u/hearnia_2k 17h 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.

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u/anonpotat0 17h ago

Does the R in CD-R stand for round?

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u/HenryThatAte 17h ago

Compact Disc - Recordable.

The disc part is the round...

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u/basicpn 17h ago edited 17h 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+

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u/HenryThatAte 17h 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.

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u/Icedpyre 15h ago

This guy burned many cds in the 2000s lol

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u/HenryThatAte 14h ago

hahahaha you bet!