compact disk player \com"pact disk` play"er\(k[o^]m"p[a^]kt
   d[i^]sk` pl[=a]"[~e]r), n.
   an electronic device containing a laser, used to read or play
   back the data on a compact disk. The term is usually used for
   the type of device used to play music recordings. That used
   for data storgage n coputer applications is usually called a
   CD drive. Called also CD player and informally, CD.

   Syn: CD player.
        [PJC]

	

	Cd \Cd\ n.
   1. the chemical suymbol for cadmium, a metallic element of
      atomic number 48.

   Syn: cadmium.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. the abbreviation for the candela, the basic unit of
      luminous intensity adopted under the System International
      d'Unites. [abbr.]

   Syn: candle, candela, standard candle.
        [WordNet 1.5]

	

	CD \CD\ n.
   1. an acronym for compact disk, a disk-shaped recording of
      binary data that is smaller than a phonograph record, and
      is recorded and played back by a compact disk player, an
      electronic device containing a laser. The term is also
      used generically to refer to the medium as a data storage
      medium.

   Syn: compact disc, compact disk.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

   2. a compact disk player. [informal]
      [PJC]

   3. an acronym for certificate of deposit, a debt instrument
      issued by a bank for a fixed time period, usually paying
      interest.

   Syn: certificate of deposit.
        [WordNet 1.5]

	

	cd
     adj : being one hundred more than three hundred [syn: four
           hundred, 400]
     n 1: a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent
          metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
          [syn: cadmium, atomic number 48]
     2: the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the
        Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the
        luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body
        radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin [syn:
         candle, candela, standard candle]
     3: a debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest
        [syn: certificate of deposit]
     4: a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is
        smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser
        [syn: compact disk, compact disc]

	

	CD
     Carrier Detect (MODEM, RS-232)

	

	CD
     Change Directory (DOS, Unix, OS/2)

	

	CD
     Committee Draft (ISO)

	

	CD
     Compact Disk (CD)

	

	CD
     
        Compact Disc

	

	cd
     
        1.  change directory.
     
        2.  The country code for the Democratic Republic
        of the Congo (formerly Zaire, zr).
     
        (1999-01-27)