BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: CD
- certificate of deposit
Wiktionary Definition for: CD
- compact disk: A form of digital media that is based on the use of a laser to read from a plastic disc in a reader device known as a CD drive. It comes in several varieties including the CD-ROM (ROM=read-only memory) which cannot be written to except during manufacturing, the CD-R (recordable), which can be written to exactly once, and the CD-RW (re-writable), which can be written to as many times as one wishes (to a limit).
- Certificate of deposit: used by financial institutions
- Corps diplomatique: a decal found on automobiles to indicate diplomatic status
- Creative director: head of the creative department (e.g. advertising agencies)
- Corporate design: specific design features of a company, corporate identity CI
- Collision detection: used by an Ethernet network to detect when two computers are sending frames at the same time, and also to deal with such collisions when they happen
- circular dichroism
- #English CD (disc)
Additional Resources
- CD Celebrates 25th Birthday
- CD Celebrates 25th BirthdayCD SalesThe drop in CD sales has little to do with the actual medium. Since the ubiquitous availability of files in MP3 format from online sources, legal or illegal, the CD players have been twigged to play CD's full of MP3 music. But where is the CD...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-21
- CD-R labeling solutions. (Stomp's CD Stomper; Neato's Neato CD Labeler Kit; Fargo Electronics' Signature CD Color Printer) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
- As prices for CD-Recordable (CD-R) drives drop to new lows, many individuals and businesses have started regularly pressing their own CDs. Bridging the gap between handwritten CD labels and high-cost (and high-quantity) professional labeling services, three new products help you produce more attractive CDs. Fargo Electronics'...
- Research articles 1997-08-01
- Pacific Digital Corporation Introduces the Mach40-16 Internal IDE CD-RW Drive Kit
- Business Editors & Technology Writers New CD-RW Drive Breaks the 12x CD-RW Performance Barrier Allowing CD-RW to Replace the Floppy in Performance Pacific Digital Corporation, the retail market leader in CD-RW drive solutions, today announces the Mach40-16, a new internal IDE CD-RW drive that writes CD-R at...
- Research articles 2002-07-09
- CD Celebrates 25th Birthday
- 25 years ago on Friday the first CD rolled out of a Philips factory near Hanover, Germany. If you're already feeling nostalgic for the preferred album format of the 1990s, or if you're interested in what this story of innovation and decline can teach you as a manager, we bring...
- Blog posts 2007-08-20
- SONY BRINGS CD-RECORDABLE TECHNOLOGY TO THE MAINSTREAM COMPUTER USER WITH ITS NEW CD-R FILE SYSTEM; New CDRFS Technology Brings True Incremental Writing to 650 MB CD-R Discs; CD-R Drives Become an Easy-to-Use Secondary Storage Device On the Desktop
- SAN JOSE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE-- June 3, 1996--Sony Electronics today announced a new file system for CD-R CD Recordable drives that unleashes the full potential of 650 MB CD-R discs. Called Sony CDRFS for CD Recordable File System, it enables CD-R drives to be used as practical secondary storage devices...
- Research articles 1996-06-03
- JCCOM's New 36X Multi-read, Multi-tasking CD-ROM Features Velocity Control Logic to Reduce Access Time
- TORRANCE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 1, 1998--Japan Computer & Communications Inc. JCCOM Friday introduced a multi-read, multi-tasking 36X CD-ROM drive that employs a velocity control logic feature to reduce access time and increase the lifespan of the motor mechanism. In addition, the new drive supports all the latest...
- Research articles 1998-05-01
- QPS Now Shipping Two Versions of CD-to-CD Duplicators With Connections to PC or MAC
- YORBA LINDA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 16, 1999-- QPS Inc. (www.qps-inc.com) is now shipping two versions of CD-to-CD duplicators. The QPS CD-Dupe III and CD-Dupe III/HDD can reproduce any CD-ROM readable-format or computer data CDs. These duplicators will work with PC or MAC computers. The CD-Dupe III provides one...
- Research articles 1999-06-16
- Systems: Verbatim spins outnew CD-RW drive
- The Verbatim CD-RW drive is based on a Mitsubishi Chemical mechanism with a 1-Mbyte buffer. The Fast SCSI-2 drive provides double write speeds to CD-Recordable and CD-RW media and a 6x read rate, Verbatim said.The drive firmware supports random packet rewriting via its support for Universal Disk Format. Verbatim said...
- Research articles 1998-03-16
- Philips to add CD-ROM versions of CD-i titles. (Philips Consumer Electronics Co. Interactive Media Systems Division; compact disk interactive)
- Philips Media will issue at least 20 of its CD-i titles on CD-ROM by the end of the year and plans to eventually offer all of its CD-i titles on CD-ROM for both PC and Macintosh, according to Scott Marden, Philips Media president and CEO. ...
- Research articles 1994-04-29
- DVDINSIDER: HP's First CD-Writer/DVD Combo Drive and High-speed CD- Writer
- DVD News 03-14-2001 DVDINSIDER: HP's First CD-Writer/DVD Combo Drive and High-speed CD- Writer DVD NEWS-14 March 2001-DVDINSIDER: HP's First CD-Writer/DVD Combo Drive and High-speed CD-Writer C1999-2001 DVD News. Distributed for AM Newswire DVD News 03-14-2001...
- Research articles 2001-03-14
- WITH SUPERIOR NEW TECHNOLOGY, SONY'S NEW GENERATION OF SPRESSA CD-R DRIVES MAKES CD-R DISCS WORK LIKE GIANT FLOPPIES; Innovative CDRFS Technology Brings True Incremental Writing to CD-R Discs, Enabling Practical Desktop Use of Spressa CD-R Drives By Consu
- SAN JOSE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 3, 1996--Until now, CD-R (Recordable CD-ROM) drives have been used mainly as an authoring tool in the CD-ROM publishing and professional audio worlds. With today's introduction of Sony Electronics' newest generation of Spressa CD-R drives that incorporate Sony's innovative CD-R file system CDRFS technology, consumers...
- Research articles 1996-06-03
- Sony Unveils 1.3GB CD.(Brief Article)
- Sony Corp. has developed three new disc formats that double the data capacity of CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW media to 1.3GB from the current 650 MB, according to a report in AsiaBizTech. The new formats are tentatively named Double Density CD-ROM/-R/-RW, Sony Corp. has developed...
- Research articles 2000-07-01
- MEMOREX: Memorex launches Europe's fastest CD-RW dr drive.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-15 July 1999-MEMOREX: Memorex launches Europe's fastest CD-RW drive C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:140799 * CD-RW6424 does everything quick time Memorex has unveiled the fastest CD-Rewritable drive on the market, the CD-RW 6x4x24. This all-in-one CD-RW, CD-R and...
- Research articles 1999-07-15
- Toshiba Storage Device Division Rounds out Optical Product Offering with New Line Of CD-ROM and CD-RW Drives
- Who: Toshiba Storage Device Division SDD What: Introduces CD-ROM and CD-RW desktop drives -- the ...
- Research articles 2004-12-09
- Sony Ships Spressa Recordable CD-ROM Drive Units with Corel's New CD Creator 2 for Windows 95; For Added Convenience, Drives Also Include Corel CD Creator 1.02 for Windows 3.X Environments and Corel's New CD Creator for the Macintosh Software
- SAN JOSE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 11, 1996--Sony today announced that its Spressa recordable CD-ROM (CD-R) drives are now available with Corel Corporation's new CD writer software for Windows 95 and Windows NT operating systems, Corel CD Creator 2.
- Research articles 1996-01-11
- Sony's FYLA series of CD-ROM/CD-Recordable Jukeboxes puts a virtual CD-Recordable drive on every client's desktop; Addition of Higher Speed CD-ROM and CD-Recordable Drives Enables Faster Delivery of Data and Faster Recording On the Network - CD-R
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--April 15, 1997--Sony Electronics is now shipping its Fyla line of CD-ROM/CD-Recordable Libraries and will showcase them at the Association for Information and Image Management AIIM conference in New York.
- Research articles 1997-04-15
- DVDINSIDER: ValuSoft and Iomega Release Burn & Go CD/DVD and Burn & Go Professional CD Burning Software
- DVD News 02-16-2003 DVD NEWS-16 February 2003-DVDINSIDER: ValuSoft and Iomega Release Burn & Go CD/DVD and Burn & Go Professional CD Burning Software ValuSoft, announced the release of Burn & Go CD/DVD and Burn &am DVD News ...
- Research articles 2003-02-16
- Intel, Philips push DVI, CD-I multimedia (Intel Corp introduces digital video interactive hardware, Philips Corp introduces authoring environments at International CD-ROM Conference)
- Intel, Philips push DVI, CD-I multimedia SAN FRANCISCO, CA--Digital video interactive DVI technology stayed one step ahead of compact-disk interactive (CD-I) multimedia at the International CD ROM conference here last week as Intel Corp introduced Intel, Philips push DVI, CD-I multimedia SAN FRANCISCO, CA--Digital ...
- Research articles 1990-03-08
- Viacom unleashes 'Dracula' as full-motion interactive movie. (Viacom New Media to market 'Dracula Unleashed' on CD-ROM; Philip's P.O.V. division to market 'Voyeur' on CD-i)
- Two of the first original interactive "movies" are due to be released for the CD-ROM and Cd-i formats this week as developers attempt to expand the CD universe to include full-motion video. Viacom New Media is releasing Dracula Unlea ...
- Research articles 1993-10-29
- Universal chooses not to copy protect Eminem; reports find CD highly bootlegged. (Copy Protection).(Universal Music releases Eminem's new CD without copy protection, U.S.)(Brief Article)
- According to a published report, Eminem's new CD The Eminem Show, became the second-most-played CD in computer drives around the world, before the CD was even released. According to a published report, Eminem's new CD The Eminem Show, became the second-most-played CD in...
- Research articles 2002-06-01
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