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OCR: RSG TEC HNOLO GIES A CD- I-ROM drive suppleme ents rather than replaces, hard drive because CD- ROM read-only storage medium. Read only means that the computer can retrieve dat from CD-ROM but cannot save any new data on In this respect CD-ROM tech- nology differs from hard storage on which you can write erase and read data ACD. ROM disk is relativ ely inexpensive to manufacture making it an idealway for software publishers to distribute large programs and data files. CD-ROM the media of choice Fo deliv 'ery of multimedia applications because provides the large storage capacity necessary for sound video and graphics files InfoWeb recent technological development is the creation 10 CDs on which you can write data CD-R (compact disc- recordable technology all ows the computer to record I dat ...