| Subject | English | Arabic |
| comp., MS | CD-ROM | قرص مضغوط (A form of storage characterized by high capacity (roughly 650 MB) and the use of laser optics instead of magnetic means for reading data) |
| acrid. | CD-Rom | قرص مدمج للقراءة فقط سي دي للقراءة فقط |
| environ. | CD-ROM A compact disc on which a large amount of digitalised read-only data can be stored, compact disc read-only-memory | قرص مدمج |
| comp., MS | CD-ROM drive | محرك الأقراص المضغوطة (An electromechancial device that reads data on CD-ROMs. Most CD-ROM drives have a SCSI interface, although some are connected to a PC via a controller for a disk drive. Data is read through a small laser that is focused on the surface of the CD-ROM through optical mirrors in the read/write head. A spindle and drive motor revolve the CD-ROM, so all data, which is stored in spirals from the center, can be read) |
| dat.proc. | CD-ROM reader | قارئة الأقراص المدمجة المستخدمة كذاكرة قراءة |
| dat.proc. | CD-ROM reader | قارئة الأقراص المرصوصة كذاكرة للقراءة فقط |
| environ. | CD-ROM search service The provision of special aid by library staff trained to query bibliographic or other information contained on an electronic storage medium, usually to meet the research needs of the library's clients | خدمة البحث على القرص المدمج |