cd
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Noun (4)cds
- a debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interestSynonyms: certificate of depositType of debt instrument, obligationKinds time deposit
- a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laserSynonyms: compact diskcompact discType of optical disk, recordingKinds CD-R, audio CD, CD-ROM
- a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc oresSynonyms: cadmiumatomic number 48Type of metallic element, metalSubstance of hemimorphite, calamine
- 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 KelvinSynonyms: candlecandelastandard candleType of luminous intensity unit, candlepower unit
Adjective (1)
- being one hundred more than three hundredSynonyms: four hundred400Opposite ordinalSimilar cardinal
a state or condition markedly different from the norm
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
1. the chemical symbol for cadmium, a metallic element of atomic number 48. Syn. — cadmium.
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.
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.
2. a compact disk player. informal
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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC, GCIDE editors, WordNet 1.5
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
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(1999-01-27)
<storage> (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)