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compact disc

American  

noun

  1. a type of compact disk developed to store and play back music.

compact disc British  
/ ˈkɒmpækt /

noun

  1. Abbreviation: CD.   CAD.  Also called: compact audio disc.  a small digital audio disc on which sound is recorded as a series of metallic pits enclosed in PVC; the disc is spun by the compact disc player and read by an optical laser system

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When Northeastern University undergrad Shawn Fanning and business partner Sean Parker launched Napster on June 1, 1999, music was still largely consumed via compact disc, which labels sold at hefty profits.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

According to IIT’s mathematical definition of information, Aaronson pointed out, a compact disc player running error-correction codes can be far more conscious than a human being.

From Scientific American • Jun. 26, 2023

The arrival of the compact disc nearly killed off record albums, with vinyl pressing machines sold, scrapped and dismantled by major record labels.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2022

Figure 27.1 The colors reflected by this compact disc vary with angle and are not caused by pigments.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

P. more compact, disc black then grey, edge white.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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