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[117c]A CD-ROM is simply a compact disc with computer data on it. It's a Read Only Memory. So you cannot write on a CD-ROM.
[97c]A CD-ROM disc is read on a computer using a special compact disc player adapted for computer use.
[17c]What is a CD-ROM?
[10c]Play games
[26c]Access reference materials
[28c]Access large amounts of data
[12c]Archive data
[29c]What can we do with a CD-ROM?
[13c]High Capacity
Convenient
Affordable
Standardized
[9c]Read-Only
[20c]Advantages of CD-ROM
Introduction
[38c]600 MegaBytes (600 million characters)
[30c]Equals 428 (1.4MB) floppy disc
[155c]A CD-ROM can store 250 000 pages of text on a 2 ounce CD-ROM disc. The same information consumes 1250 pounds of typical copier paper printed on both sides.
[55c]The 1993 Montreal directory contains over 2000 pages...
High Capacity
[82c]Information on a CD-ROM can be searched, processed, faxed, printed analyzed etc...
[49c]Many advantages over paper references and archive
Convenient
[47c]CD-ROM products normally range from $20 to $150
[42c]Costs approximatly $2 to produces a CD-ROM
[51c]Comparing that with $1 for floppy disk duplication.
[54c]CD-ROM is a lot cheaper then multi floppy distribution
Affordable
[61c]CD-ROM is Read-Only meaning you cannot write data to a CD-ROM
[23c]You can only read data.
[24c]Data cannot be corropted
Secure none modifiable media
[15c]Virus resistent
Read-Only
Technical Details
8 149 CD-ROM titles on the market in 1993
[36c]Sales reached $12.2 billion for 1993
[44c]Installed base of 11.4 million CD-ROM drives
[77c]It is estimated that sales of CD-ROM products will reach $144 billion by 1999
The CD-ROM Market
The Marketplace
[89c]Over 33,000 researed articles on everything from Science to World History To Music to Art
Over 3,000 color and black and white photos and illustrations
250 high-resolution, full color maps
[78c]Brings all 21 volumes of the Academic American Encyclopedia on a single CD-ROM
Grolier Encyclopedia
Full color graphic adventures
Full voice reproduction for computer characters
[46c]Full music and animation never before possible
Games and Entertainment
[31c]The complet reference on movies
[126c]Find any title with a easy to use tools that search by genre, actor, director, release date, star rating, Academy Award etc...
[19c]Summaries of movies
[113c]Explore film making, film history, film criticism, and the lives and careers of nearly 3,000 movie personalities.
[21c]Microsoft's Cinemania
Complete collection of programs for almost any computer
[35c]Thousands of programs on one CD-ROM
[62c]Programs such as games, utilities, text files, graphics etc...
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