Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,912,660,136 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

minidisc
(redirected from minidiscs)

    Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus 0.01 sec.
MiniDisc
A compact digital audio disc from Sony that comes in read-only and rewritable versions. Introduced in late 1993, the MiniDisc has been most popular in Japan. The read-only 2.5" disc stores 140MB compared to 650MB on a CD, but holds the same 74 minutes worth of music due to Sony's Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding (ATRAC) compression scheme, which eliminates inaudible signals. MD discs store disc and track titles displayed by the player. Used for music recording, rewritable MiniDiscs employ magneto-optic technology and come in 60 and 74-minute cartridges. The MiniDisc drive for computers (MD DATA) never caught on.

MiniDisc Cartridge
Most popular in Japan, the MiniDisc has gained some followers in the U.S.
minidisc
a small recordable compact disc


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link 		Feedback
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Encyclopedia browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
`I used to carry round a Bose hi-fi in a flight case with a big bag of cassettes, but my minidisc recorder is smaller than my silver cigarette case and the minidiscs are even smaller.
I love my.....marvellous minidisc player - Robert Palmer by The Mirror (London, England)
The risk is that, due to a lack of titles back at the launch of MiniDisc, plus the speed of all the new developments in digital storage units, MiniDiscs have had an uphill struggle to maintain a hold on the portable music market.
CARVE ITUP You'll never be board skating Beemer style by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
I could tell you how wonderful minidiscs are - but that's another diversion altogether).
Musical promises unfulfilled by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.