Korean slang profile
CD-ROM
cd-rom
Read-only compact-disc medium
A computer storage medium in compact-disc form used for reading information.
- Expanded form
- 컴팩트디스크를 이용한 판독전용 메모리컴팩트디스크를 이용한 판독전용 메모리 (read-only memory using a compact disc)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 1999
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
옛 CD-ROM에 담긴 사진 자료를 다시 열어 봤다.
I reopened the photographic material stored on an old CD-ROM.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
Gyeonggi Province’s November 1999 지식행정 용어해설집 includes this abbreviation and its definition. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The November 1999 revised edition was compared on PDF page 306. The definition was checked. This is a general or specialist abbreviation of the time; it does not mean it originated or became popular that year. First use was not verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 지식행정 용어해설집 (경기도, 1999년 11월 수정판)Published Nov 1999Original source checked Nov 15, 2026