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CD, compact disc, compact disk
a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser
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DVD, videodisc, videodisk
a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
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audio CD, audio compact disc
compact discs used to reproduce sound (voice and music)
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CD-R, CD-WO, compact disc recordable, compact disc write-once
a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory
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CD-ROM, compact disc read-only memory
a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system); a large amount of digital information can be stored and accessed but it cannot be altered by the user
