10 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: 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}] From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]: CD Carrier Detect (MODEM, RS-232) From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]: CD Change Directory (DOS, Unix, OS/2) From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]: CD Committee Draft (ISO) From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]: CD Compact Disk (CD) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]: CD {Compact Disc} From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]: 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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