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disco

Style of dance music that arose in the mid-1970s, characterized by hypnotic rhythm, repetitive lyrics, and electronically produced sounds. Disco (short for discotheque) evolved largely from New York City underground nightclubs, in which disc jockeys would play dance records for hours without interruption, taking care to synchronize the beats so as to make a seamless change between records. Artists such as Donna Summer, Chic, and the Bee Gees had many hits in the genre, which peaked with the release of the film Saturday Night Fever (1977). Disco faded quickly after 1980, but its powerful influence, especially its sequenced electronic beats, still continues to affect much of pop music.

Disco
Microsoft's lightweight counterpart to UDDI for discovering Web services. Directed more to organizations that want to implement Web services internally, Disco is included in the .NET Framework. See UDDI.
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Shauna Louise Thomas, from Amlwch, fell awkwardly during the preliminary test of the solo disco dancing competiion and twisted her ankle.
Dancer triumphs over pain; Ankle twisted minutes before winning ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Appropriately enough, the former pop singer's secret weight loss weapon is regular disco dancing sessions.
COLEEN'S 'YOU CAN DO' IT DIET Get in the mood for dancing! Lose ... by The Mirror (London, England)
Dance at the office party: ten minutes disco dancing = 100 calories (that's half a mince pie) Dancing tones and strengthens the whole body and increases flexibility.
FIVE WAYS TO BE A JINGLE BELLE by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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