%0 Journal Article %A Peltoniemi, M. %T Review article: Geophysics and CD-ROM technology %D 1997 %J First Break, %V 15 %N 5 %@ 1365-2397 %R https://doi.org/10.3997/1365-2397.1997005 %I European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, %X The CD-ROM (Compact Disc - Read Only Memory) technology, introduced to the general market by Philips and Sony in 1984, became more widely available in the early 1990s. However, only in 1994 was there a breakthrough in the use of CD-ROM technology in both professional and consumer markets. The number of different CD-ROM titles totalled 1500 in 1991. It now well exceeds 10,000 or maybe even 20,000, covering a wide range of fields including databases, educational and scientific applications, and games. %U https://www.earthdoc.org/content/journals/10.3997/1365-2397.1997005