'CD' definitions:
Definition of 'cd'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Being one hundred more than three hundred [syn: four hundred, 400, cd]
noun
A soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores [syn: cadmium, Cd, atomic number 48]
noun
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]
noun
A debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest [syn: certificate of deposit, CD]
noun
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]
Definition of 'CD'
From: 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]
Definition of 'CD'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Cd'
From: GCIDE
Acronyms for 'cd'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Carrier Detect (MODEM, RS-232)
- Change Directory (DOS, Unix, OS/2)
- Committee Draft (ISO)
- Compact Disk (CD)