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CDR

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CDR

See CD-R.


1.CDR - Committed Data Rate
2.(programming)cdr - /ku'dr/ or /kuh'dr/ The LISP operation that returns the right-hand node of a binary tree structure. In the typical case where the tree is used to store a list, the cdr is the tail of the list, i.e. all but the first element.

The instruction format of the IBM 7090 that hosted the original LISP implementation featured two 15-bit fields called the "address" and "decrement" parts. The term "cdr" was originally "Contents of Decrement part of Register". Similarly, "car" stood for "Contents of Address part of Register".


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The CDR is a new Internet-based system created to modernize and streamline the way the agencies collect, validate, manage, and distribute financial data submitted by banks in quarterly "Call Reports.
Instead of interpreting sensitivity or specificity for a test result and applying it to a clinical decision, the therapist using a CDR would determine the probability" that the disorder of interest is present.
 
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