"CD drive" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: CD drives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} CD drive (plural CD drives)
  1. (computer hardware) An optical drive used for reading data from and possibly writing data on a compact disc. Categories (topical): Computer hardware Synonyms: compact disc drive Related terms: CD burner, DVD drive, Blu-ray drive, HD DVD drive Translations (device for reading CDs): CD-asema (Finnish), CD-Laufwerk [neuter] (German), unitate de CD [feminine] (Romanian), CD-привод (CD-privod) [masculine] (Russian)

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