compact disk player \com"pact disk` play"er\ko^m"pa^kt
   di^sk` pl=a"~er, 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
see also:
cd drive cd player cd 

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
see also:
cadmium candela 

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
see also:
compact disk compact disk player certificate of deposit 

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
see also:
four hundred 400 cadmium atomic number 48 candle candela 
standard candle certificate of deposit 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
     
     
see also:
compact disc 

cd
     
        1.  change directory.
     
        2.  the country code for the democratic republic
        of the congo formerly zaire, zr.
     
        1999-01-27
     
     
see also:
change directory country code zr