CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW. The speeds of the drives are rated by their CD-ROM and DVD transfer rates. The original CD-ROM drive (1x) transferred data at 150KB per second. By doubling the spindle RPMs ...

When playing audio CDs, CD-ROM drives output analog sound to both a headphone jack and external connector just like a CD player. This method is still the way audio CDs are played on a computer ...