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 Definitions for cd: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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
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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
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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) 2.0
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cd
adj : being one hundred more than three hundred [syn: {four
hundred}, 400]
n 1: a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent
metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
[syn: cadmium, 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, standard candle]
3: a debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest
[syn: certificate of deposit]
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]
Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
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CD
Carrier Detect (MODEM, RS-232)
Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
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CD
Change Directory (DOS, Unix, OS/2)
Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
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CD
Committee Draft (ISO)
Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
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CD
Compact Disk (CD)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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CD
Compact Disc
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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cd
1. change directory.
2. The country code for the Democratic Republic
of the Congo (formerly Zaire, zr).
(1999-01-27)
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