compact disc
digital optical disc data storage format
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Summary
compact disc is a physical media format[1]. It draws 24,988 Wikipedia views per month (physical media format category, ranking #2 of 14).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Sony Group[3], Koninklijke Philips NV[4], Kees Schouhamer Immink[5], James Russell[6]
- Creator: Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium[7]
- Instance of: audio release format[8], product category[9]
- Owned by: Sony Group[10]
- Followed by: DVD[11]
- Collection: Museum of Modern Art[12]
- Subclass of: optical disc[13], machine-readable medium[14], computer storage media[15], audio storage device[16], music & sound recording product[17]
- Commons category: Compact discs[18]
- Inception: 1979[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Compact disc[20]
- Commons gallery: Compact disc[21]
- Facet of: physical distribution[22]
- Described by source: Museum of Obsolete Media[23]
- Replaces: vinyl record[24], phonograph record[25]
- Shape: disk[26]
- Equivalent class: http://bibliograph.net/CD[27], http://purl.org/ontology/mo/CD[28]
- Short name: CD[29]
- Different from: CD-ROM[30]
- Exact match: http://rs.tdwg.org/format/values/m044[31]
- Storage capacity: 700 megabyte[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[33]
Why It Matters
compact disc has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 180 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]