COMPACT DISC READ-ONLY MEMORY

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does compact disc read-only memory mean? 

• COMPACT DISC READ-ONLY MEMORY (noun)
  The noun COMPACT DISC READ-ONLY MEMORY has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: COMPACT DISC READ-ONLY MEMORY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPACT DISC READ-ONLY MEMORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

CD-ROM; compact disc read-only memory

Hypernyms ("compact disc read-only memory" is a kind of...):

CD; compact disc; compact disk (a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser)

fixed storage; read-only memory; read-only storage; ROM ((computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed)