optical disk

optical disk meaning

A CD. It stands for compact discs, music and data storage — a format that dominated for two decades and then vanished almost overnight.

Meaning

A CD. It stands for compact discs, music and data storage — a format that dominated for two decades and then vanished almost overnight. It appears in nostalgia contexts, and in the small but genuine CD revival, which is happening for the same reasons vinyl came back: people want to own the thing rather than rent access to it.

Trend over time

Wikipedia pageviews (CC-BY-SA) — Optical disc

How to use it

• Burned a CD for the car 💿
• Dominated for twenty years, then vanished 💿
• CDs are quietly coming back 💿

How it looks

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Codepoints

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Emoji version

0.6

Shortcodes

:cd: :optical_disk:

Category

Objects

FAQ

What does the optical disk emoji (💿️) mean?

A CD. It stands for compact discs, music and data storage — a format that dominated for two decades and then vanished almost overnight.

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