compact disc read-only memory
21Compact Disc player — This article is about the electronic device. For the Microsoft Windows Software, see CD Player (Windows). CD, DVD and SACD player A Compact Disc player (often written as compact disc player), or CD player, is an electronic device that plays audio …
22read — read1 /reed/, v., read /red/, reading /ree ding/, n. v.t. 1. to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music. 2. to utter aloud or render in speech (something written,… …
23compact disk — noun a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser • Syn: ↑compact disc, ↑CD • Hypernyms: ↑optical disk, ↑optical disc, ↑recording • Hyponyms …
24only — /ohn lee/, adv. 1. without others or anything further; alone; solely; exclusively: This information is for your eyes only. 2. no more than; merely; just: If it were only true! I cook only on weekends. 3. as recently as: I read that article only… …
25memory — (as used in expressions) compact disc read only memory erasable programmable read only memory random access memory Read only memory …
26Read — /reed/, n. 1. George, 1733 98, American political leader: served in the Continental Congress 1774 77. 2. Sir Herbert, 1893 1968, English critic and poet. 3. a male given name: from an Old English word meaning red. * * * (as used in expressions)… …
27read — (as used in expressions) compact disc read only memory erasable programmable read only memory Read only memory …
28compact — compact1 compactedly, adv. compactedness, n. compactly, adv. compactness, n. adj. /keuhm pakt , kom , kom pakt/; v. /keuhm pakt /; n. /kom pakt/, adj. 1. joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid: compact soil …
29only — (as used in expressions) compact disc read only memory erasable programmable read only memory Read only memory …
30disc — /disk/, n. 1. a phonograph record. 2. disk (defs. 1, 2, 4 9). v.t. 3. Informal. to make (a recording) on a phonograph disc. 4. disk (defs. 11, 12). Also, disk (for defs. 1, 3). [see DISK] * * * (as used in expressions) digital versatile disc… …
