compact disc

noun com·pact disc \ ˈkäm-ˌpakt- \

|Updated on: 18 Jun 2018

Definition of compact disc

: ²cd

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Recent Examples of compact disc from the Web

Netflix is still mailing DVDs, and the music industry last year generated $1.1 billion selling compact discs.

— dan gallagher, WSJ, "Cloud Gaming Still a Wisp," 13 June 2018
This policy covers the functionality of educational and instructional products, i.e., operability of a tape, book, compact disc, or other media, but does not extend to warrant the educational effectiveness to be achieved from use of the products.

— Good Housekeeping, "How the GH Limited Warranty Seal Protects You," 31 Mar. 2014
However, the medium upon which an idea is stored is generally physical, whether it is represented on a computer hard drive, vinyl record or compact disc.

— chris dolmetsch, Bloomberg.com, "Ex-Goldman Sachs Programmer’s Conviction Upheld in New York," 3 May 2018
Vinyl record sales had dropped drastically once compact discs took hold and were considered nearly obsolete once digital downloads flooded the market.

— frank vaisvilas, Daily Southtown, "Record Store Day releases draw serious collectors, online entrepreneurs," 24 Apr. 2018
For a musical format that was kneecapped by compact discs and allegedly buried by streaming and digital downloads, vinyl has proved to be as shockingly hearty as Iggy Pop.

— karla peterson, sandiegouniontribune.com, "How San Diego celebrates Record Store Day," 20 Apr. 2018
When young people stopped buying compact discs, Tower was caught with heavy debts and slumped into liquidation at the end of 2006.

— james r. hagerty, WSJ, "Russ Solomon Turned Shopping Into Zany Entertainment at Tower Records," 9 Mar. 2018
The compact disc, whose sales have been declining for years, looks to be finally ditched by Best Buy.

— jefferson graham, USA TODAY, "You are being tracked. Deal with it.," 10 Feb. 2018
Spotify has helped the music industry slow a consumer spending decline sparked by the demise of the compact disc, said Paul Verna, a principal analyst with research firm eMarketer.

— mike snider, USA TODAY, "Spotify goes public: What you need to know about the music streamer and its IPO," 3 Apr. 2018

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