CD-ROM

pre-pressed compact disc containing computer data
class practices Q7982
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CD-ROM

Summary

CD-ROM ranks in the top 2% of practices entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (602 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • CD-ROM is credited with the discovery of Denon[2].
  • CD-ROM's image is recorded as CD-ROM.png[3].
  • CD-ROM's GND ID is recorded as 4139307-7[4].
  • CD-ROM's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh87002389[5].
  • CD-ROM's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12100225h[6].
  • CD-ROM's subclass of is recorded as compact disc[7].
  • CD-ROM's subclass of is recorded as machine-readable medium[8].
  • CD-ROM's subclass of is recorded as work[9].
  • CD-ROM's subclass of is recorded as recording medium[10].
  • CD-ROM's Commons category is recorded as CD-ROM[11].
  • CD-ROM's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-Visiteur-JEP (Madehub)-cd-rom.wav[12].
  • CD-ROM's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D016251[13].
  • CD-ROM's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 1386[14].
  • CD-ROM's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1982-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • CD-ROM's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01zzs[16].
  • CD-ROM's MeSH tree code is recorded as J01.897.280.500.668.800.250.200[17].
  • CD-ROM's MeSH tree code is recorded as J01.897.280.500.898.800.250.200[18].
  • CD-ROM's MeSH tree code is recorded as L01.224.230.260.115.475.600.325.750[19].
  • CD-ROM's MeSH tree code is recorded as L01.280.960.800.250.200[20].
  • CD-ROM's MeSH tree code is recorded as L01.462.500.590.875.800.250.200[21].
  • CD-ROM's MeSH tree code is recorded as L01.462.500.820.090.668.800.250.200[22].
  • CD-ROM's MeSH tree code is recorded as L01.462.500.820.090.898.800.250.200[23].
  • CD-ROM's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph117428[24].
  • CD-ROM's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300196583[25].
  • CD-ROM's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 004.565[26].

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Works and Contributions

CD-ROM is credited with the discovery of Denon[2]. Things named for CD-ROM include CD Projekt[27], an enterprise[28], in Poland[29], founded in 1994[30], headquartered in Warsaw[31] and Nero[32], an optical disc authoring software[33].

Why It Matters

CD-ROM ranks in the top 2% of practices entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (602 views/month).[1] CD-ROM has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] CD-ROM is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for CD-ROM include CD Projekt[27], an enterprise[28], in Poland[29], founded in 1994[30], headquartered in Warsaw[31] and Nero[32], an optical disc authoring software[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  15. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  25. [26] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_cd-rom_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{CD-ROM}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/cd-rom}, note = {Accessed: 2026-03-08}}
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  1. 19d ago · Pepe piton · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of compact disc, machine-readable medium, work +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q386724]]"
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