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Subject:Re: CD or CD-ROM? From:"Arlen P. Walker" <Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 13 Feb 1995 08:41:00 -0600
Is there a standard use of this term?
I'd stick with CD-ROM. That, after all, is what it is. "CD" generally refers to
audio products (although some folks will think first of financial instruments).
I'd doubt there would be confusion with magneto-optical or WORM products, as
they look nothing like CD's (although CD-R does).
Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 24
Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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