Everything about Compact disc
Digital optical disc data storage format
The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. It employs the Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA) standard and is capable of holding uncompressed stereo audio. First released in Japan in October 1982, the CD was the second optical disc format to reach the market, following the larger LaserDisc (LD). In later years, the technology was adapted for computer data storage as CD-ROM and subsequently expanded into various writable and multimedia formats. By 2007, over 200 billion CDs had been sold worldwide. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Compact discA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Electrochemical detection of chloride ions using Ag-based electrodes obtained from compact discInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The AlienistThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Molecular screening on a compact discCited 74 times
- Go sideways: Compact Disc Digital AudioA closely related topic
- Go sideways: CD playerA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A kind of plastic optical disc used to store audio or digital data, read by a laser in a drive.
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Molecular screening on a compact disc
Sex, Lies, and Video Compact Disc
Compact disc diffraction
Compact WLAN disc antennas
The physics of the compact disc
The emergence of the compact disc
The compact disc digital audio system
Diffraction demonstration with a compact disc
🆕 Influential since 2022
Electrochemical detection of chloride ions using Ag-based electrodes obtained from compact disc
The DUVET Survey: Resolved maps of star formation-driven outflows in a compact, starbursting disc galaxy
Impact of systematic nuclear uncertainties on composition and decay heat of dynamical and disc ejecta in compact binary mergers
The orbit of HD 142527 B is too compact to explain many of the disc features
Innovative PNA-LB mediated allele-specific LAMP for KRAS mutation profiling on a compact lab-on-a-disc device
📚 Books worth reading
The AlienistCaleb Carr · 1994
I Heard That Song BeforeMary Higgins Clark · 2007
Escape From HorrorlandRobert Lawrence Stine · 1997
The Streets of Panic ParkRobert Lawrence Stine · 2009
Always and Forever, Lara JeanJenny Han · 2017
Year OneNora Roberts · 2017
Captain Pepper's PetsSally Grindley · 2002
The Penguin guide to compact discs and DVDsIvan March, Edward Greenfield · 2003
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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