compact disc
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June, now 63, said her home office at the time had a dial-up modem, trading software downloaded from a compact disc and a dodgy internet connection.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
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
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
P. more compact, disc black then grey, edge white.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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