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.

CD-ROM has quietly, but quickly, gained respect as an affordable medium for storing -- and distributing -- images of documents, graphics and photographs. Dramatically lower costs, for both the ...

While the printer out of the box comes with everything you need to install the printer's driver on your computer, not everyone can use the CD-ROM for installation. Many of today's sleek computer ...

It was fun while it lasted. At the time, it was the CD-ROM that had captured the imagination of consumers and the entire publishing industry. The high-capacity optical discs enabled mass ...

A virtual CD-ROM emulator works by allowing you to copy and run an image of a CD on your computer. The process serves as an alternative to placing a disc in your computer each time you want to use ...

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.