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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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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

She’d brought her mammogram results on a compact disc, only to be told that the medical equipment reads film.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2022

“Mother’s Milk” had gone gold, radio was playing the Peppers’ cover of “Higher Ground” and the record industry was awash in compact disc profits.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2021

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

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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