Definition of compact disc
: 2cd
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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.
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The compact disc promised major labels higher, and more predictable, profit margins, which is one reason why the digital reproduction system had the full backing of the industry.
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The rise of compact discs in the 1980s stoked profits.
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Best Buy will pull compact discs from their stores by July 1, according to Billboard.
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Other increasingly vestigial items in cars include cigarette lighters, compact disc players and spare tires.
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Dawson, while walking the aisles, also gave them a little souvenir, in the form of guitar picks and compact discs, to commemorate their flight.
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If civilization stopped right now, in a thousand years all the magnetic tape, compact discs and hard drives humanity stores its digital media on would have long outlived their shelf lives.
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First 50 to arrive get compact disc of King square dance album and instruction book.
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First Known Use of compact disc
1979
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