Compact Disc
Abbreviated as CD, a compact disc is a flat round storage medium that is read by a laser in a CD-ROM drive
that was first created by A Philips on
August 17, 1982. The standard CD is capable of holding 72 minutes of music or 650 MB of data. 80 minute CDs are also commonly used to store data and are capable of containing 700 MB of data.
In the picture to the right, is an example of what the standard compact disc
looks like.
When
referring to a round CD, DVD, or Blu-ray it is known as a disc and
not a disk.
Also see: Audio CD, CD definitions, CD-R, CD-ROM, Optical disc