Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives that support DVDs and all the CD formats: CD audio, CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW. The speeds of the drives are rated by their CD-ROM and DVD transfer rates.

The '80s was a significant time in the tech world and while some gadgets were just plain odd, here are six that shaped how we ...

A cable used to send audio CD sound to the computer's sound card. When playing audio CDs, CD-ROM drives output analog sound to both a headphone jack and external connector just like a CD player.

A mildly annoying trend over recent years has been for USB hardware devices to expose a CD-ROM drive containing their drivers for Windows users. Of course there’s no real CD in there ...

So, in the days before ubiquitous internet connectivity, CD-ROM technology went a long way toward expanding the research horizons for college students. Essentially a digital version of a card catalog, ...

Included for the first time in this edition are 150 sound examples, many of which are drawn from the rich ... and Communications Theory. The CD-ROM runs on either the Mac or the PC using any browser.

CDs have been a part of all our lives for years, while only being released in 1982, and can still be found today. But do ...

So if, for example, you are producing a CD-Rom for CME training purposes, you should select 'Use in training materials' as your 'Type of Use'. The fact that you cannot actually enter 'CD-rom' does ...

Publisher Playground Productions and developer Mega Cat Studios have announced Backyard Baseball ’97, a remastered version of ...

In one example listed in court documents ... and designers". The book included a CD-Rom with digital images of the textures. But the CD-Rom, the case alleges, was for inspiration and research ...

For example, at the 1989 session, the Committee discussed the high incidence of violence against women, requesting information on this problem from all countries. In 1992, the Committee adopted ...

Another example of specialty software skills emerged ... And those with skills for creating CD ROM and multimedia programs were in high demand, leading to promotions and higher wages.