CD
Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000168
A digital optical disc data storage format originally developed for recording and playing back audio. Compact Disc technology uses a laser to read microscopic pits and lands on the disc surface, representing binary data. A standard audio CD can hold approximately 80 minutes of music.
| Identifier | MLC-T-CMP-000168 |
|---|---|
| Field | Computing and IT |
| Subject | Hardware |
Record as JSON
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