the chemical element of atomic number 48, a silvery-white metal
the SI unit of luminous intensity. One candela is the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 1012 Hz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1683 watt per steradian
a small plastic disc on which music or other digital information is stored in the form of a pattern of metal-coated pits from which it can be read using laser light reflected off the disc
a blank compact disc that can be recorded, erased, and rerecorded many times
a compact disc used as a read-only optical memory device for a computer system
a device for producing a compact disc by copying from an original or master copy
a video system in which both sound and picture are recorded on compact disc