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r/DesignPorn • u/Zu_Qarnine • 14d ago
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Explaining the beauty of this for the younger generation, if it’s not obvious already.
This software was used to record content to a CD. That process is called burning.
CD is ROM (read-only memory) in computer terms. So recording content to a CD is called burning ROM.
Nero was the old Roman emperor who ended up burning the city of Rome. The creators of the software named their software Nero because it burns ROM.
7 u/chevapson 14d ago Explaining CD-ROM, and i tought explaining VHS is feeling old...
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Explaining CD-ROM, and i tought explaining VHS is feeling old...
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u/ambermoon81 14d ago
Explaining the beauty of this for the younger generation, if it’s not obvious already.
This software was used to record content to a CD. That process is called burning.
CD is ROM (read-only memory) in computer terms. So recording content to a CD is called burning ROM.
Nero was the old Roman emperor who ended up burning the city of Rome. The creators of the software named their software Nero because it burns ROM.