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What is DVD-ROM

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DVD-ROM [ R ead O nly M emory] discs hold computer data and are read by a DVD-ROM drive hooked up to a computer. These disks can only be read—the disks are impressed with data at the factory but once written cannot be erased and rewritten with new data. DVD-ROM also includes recordable variations. DVD-R [ R ecordable] discs can be written to sequentially but only once. DVD-RAM [ R andom A ccess M emory], DVD-RW, and DVD+RW [ R e W ritable] discs can be written to thousands of times; they differ in their technical standards and, as a result, in the amount of information they can hold.

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