compact disc read-only memory
11compact disc — noun a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser • Syn: ↑compact disk, ↑CD • Hypernyms: ↑optical disk, ↑optical disc, ↑recording • Hyponyms …
12compact disc — Abbreviated CD. A nonmagnetic, polished, optical disc used to store large amounts of digital information. A CD can store approximately 650MB of information, equivalent to more than 1700 lowdensity floppy disks. This storage capacity translates …
13Compact Disc-Interactive — Abbreviated CD I. A hardware and software standard disc format for data, text, audio, still video images, and animated graphics. The standard also defines methods of encoding and decoding compressed data, as well as displaying data. See… …
14Compact Disc — CD redirects here. For other uses, see CD (disambiguation). Not to be confused with DVD. Compact disc The readable surface of a Compact Disc incl …
15Compact Disc — Trademark. a brand of compact disk. * * * ▪ recording Introduction (CD) a molded plastic disc containing digital data that is scanned by a laser beam for the reproduction of recorded sound (musical sound) and other information. Since its… …
16Compact Disc — Silberling (umgangssprachlich); Silberscheibe; CD * * * Com|pact Disc 〈[kɔmpɛ̣kt dı̣sk] f.; , s; Abk.: CD〉 kleine Platte, auf der Musik od. andere Informationen gespeichert sind u. die zum Auslesen der Daten mit einem Laser abgetastet wird; oV… …
17compact disc recordable — noun a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read only memory • Syn: ↑CD R, ↑CD WO, ↑compact disc write once • Hypernyms: ↑compact disk, ↑compact disc, ↑CD …
18compact disc write-once — noun a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read only memory • Syn: ↑CD R, ↑compact disc recordable, ↑CD WO • Hypernyms: ↑compact disk, ↑compact disc, ↑CD …
19memory — /mem euh ree/, n., pl. memories. 1. the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences. 2. this faculty as possessed by a particular individual: to have a …
20Compact (disque) — Disque compact Pour les articles homonymes, voir CD (homonymie), Disque et Compact. Disque compact …
