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CD
Entertainment; Digital music
A laser-encoded storage media for digital data. A variety of formats are available for audio, video, and computer files.
CD-R
Entertainment; Digital music
A CD-R can store data as well as digital audio files. But information can only be recorded once; the disc cannot be burned with additional data and cannot be recorded over.
CD-RW
Entertainment; Digital music
You can write, rewrite, and erase more than a thousand times on this medium. The data on CD-RW discs is only readable by CD-RW drives; sometimes computers need the identical software that was used to ...
Celebrity playlist
Entertainment; Digital music
A feature in the iTunes Music Store in which celebrities compile songs into a playlist and describe the inspirations for their choices.
Click wheel
Entertainment; Digital music
Touch-sensitive control standard on most iPods that navigates menus and settings, as well as controls music (Play/Pause, Fast-forward, Volume, etc.).
Constant bit rate (CBR)
Entertainment; Digital music
A type of encoding that maintains a fixed bit rate throughout a file, so that data is sent in a steady stream. Because more complex passages may be encoded with fewer than necessary bits, and ...
Crossfade playback
Entertainment; Digital music
In iTunes, the amount of time elapsed between songs. You can choose to hear songs fade one into the next with or without silence.
