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CD-ROM

"CD-ROM" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An optical disk storage system for computers on which data can be read or from which data can be retrieved but not entered or modified. A CD-ROM unit is almost identical to the compact disk playback device for home use.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "CD-ROM" by people in this website by year, and whether "CD-ROM" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 3 publications over 2 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2004
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