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COMPACT DISK - READ ONLY MEMORY

Specialty Definition: COMPACT DISK - READ ONLY MEMORY

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An optical disk created by a mastering process and used for storing large amounts of data. Unlike standard computer disks and diskettes, CD-ROMs can be used only to read stored data, not to update or change the content. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: COMPACT DISK - READ ONLY MEMORY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 4F 4D 50 41 43 54      44 49 53 4B      2D      52 45 41 44      4F 4E 4C 59      4D 45 4D 4F 52 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

                    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01001111 01001101 01010000 01000001 01000011 01010100 00100000 01000100 01001001 01010011 01001011 00100000 00101101 00100000 01010010 01000101 01000001 01000100 00100000 01001111 01001110 01001100 01011001 00100000 01001101 01000101 01001101 01001111 01010010 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#79 &#77 &#80 &#65 &#67 &#84 &#32 &#68 &#73 &#83 &#75 &#32 &#45 &#32 &#82 &#69 &#65 &#68 &#32 &#79 &#78 &#76 &#89 &#32 &#77 &#69 &#77 &#79 &#82 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 004F 004D 0050 0041 0043 0054      0044 0049 0053 004B      002D      0052 0045 0041 0044      004F 004E 004C 0059      004D 0045 004D 004F 0052 0059

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

374947503537542384353452152523935382494846592473947495259

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