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compact disc player

noun

  1. a machine for playing compact discs

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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.

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In 1979, technology firm Philips demonstrated a prototype compact disc player during a press conference in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

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In 1982, Sony began selling the first commercial compact disc player, the CDP-101, in Japan.

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Past CES expos have featured debuts of the VCR, the compact disc player and the Microsoft Xbox gaming console, and each year tends to focus on a number of key trends for this broad industry that by some estimates will generate $3 trillion in sales worldwide by 2020.

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Sony, developer of the Walkman portable cassette player and maker of the first compact disc player, hopes the headset will be a springboard to pull ahead of rivals in VR, gelling with the content portion of its business, specifically music and film.

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