[syn: four hundred, 400, cd]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
compact disk player \com"pact disk` play"er\(k[o^]m"p[a^]kt
d[i^]sk` pl[=a]"[~e]r), n.
an electronic device containing a laser, used to read or play
back the data on a compact disk. The term is usually used for
the type of device used to play music recordings. That used
for data storgage n coputer applications is usually called a
CD drive. Called also CD player and informally, CD.
Syn: CD player.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cd \Cd\ n.
1. the chemical suymbol for cadmium, a metallic element of
atomic number 48.
Syn: cadmium.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. the abbreviation for the candela, the basic unit of
luminous intensity adopted under the System International
d'Unites. [abbr.]
Syn: candle, candela, standard candle.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
CD \CD\ n.
1. an acronym for compact disk, a disk-shaped recording of
binary data that is smaller than a phonograph record, and
is recorded and played back by a compact disk player, an
electronic device containing a laser. The term is also
used generically to refer to the medium as a data storage
medium.
Syn: compact disc, compact disk.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. a compact disk player. [informal]
[PJC]
3. an acronym for certificate of deposit, a debt instrument
issued by a bank for a fixed time period, usually paying
interest.
Syn: certificate of deposit.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cd
adj 1: being one hundred more than three hundred [syn: four
hundred, 400, cd]
n 1: a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent
metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
[syn: cadmium, Cd, atomic number 48]
2: the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the
Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous
intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at
the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin [syn: candle,
candela, cd, standard candle]
3: a debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest
[syn: certificate of deposit, CD]
4: a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is
smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser
[syn: compact disk, compact disc, CD]
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
CD
Carrier Detect (MODEM, RS-232)
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
CD
Committee Draft (ISO)
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
CD
Change Directory (DOS, Unix, OS/2)
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
CD
Compact Disk (CD)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
cd
1. change directory.
2. The country code for the Democratic Republic
of the Congo (formerly Zaire, zr).
(1999-01-27)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Compact Disc
CD
(CD) (Not "disk", this spelling is part of the
standard).
A 4.72 inch disc developed by Sony and Philips that can
store, on the same disc, still and/or moving images in
monochrome and/or color; stereo or two separate sound tracks
integrated with and/or separate from the images; and digital
program and information files.
The same fabrication process is used to make both audio CDs
and CD-ROMs for storing computer data, the only difference
is in the device used to read the CD (the player or drive).
CD Information Center
(http://cd-info.com/cd-info/CDInfoCenter.html).
(1999-06-23)