The SI unit of luminous intensity (formerly called the candle). One candela equals one lumen per steradian-the luminous intensity, in a give ...
The luminous intensity as defined by the international metric standard (SI). The term, retained from the early days of lighting, defines a standard candle of a fixed size and composition as a basis for evaluating the intensity of other light sources.
High density storage media based on a 4.75" reflective optical disc. Can hold up to 650,000,000 bytes of data, that is equivalent to 12,000 images or 200,000 pages of text. CDs may all look the same, but there are numerous standards for different applications. The most common are defined below.
Drag coefficient or coefficient of drag. It is determined by the shape and smoothness of shape of the object. In this case the car.
Compact Disc. Ubiquitous digital audio format. Uses 16-bit/44.1-kHz sampling rate PCM digital signal to encode roughly 74 or 80 minutes of two-channel, full-range audio onto a 5-inch disc.
Abbreviation for Compact disc.
Short-term debt security with a maturity from a few weeks to several years. Interest rates are established by market demand and competition. A type of savings account.
Short- or medium-term, interest-bearing, FDIC-insured debt instrument offered by banks and savings and loans. Low risk, low return. There is usually an early withdrawal penalty.
Compact Disk. A digital, optical-based audio, video and computer data storage medium. Audio CDs have practically taken over from vinyl records in the consumer field, because CD audio quality is very high and unaffected by mechanical problems. ...
A deposit with a fixed time period and a fixed rate of interest.
Compact Disc, a digital medium formed of a 12cm polycarbonate substrate, a reflective metalized layer, and a protective lacquer coating. The physical format of CDs is described by the ISO9660 industry standard.
A document which shows that the bearer has a specified amount of money on deposit with a bank, stock-brokerage firm or other financial institution.
An insured, interest-bearing debt instrument issued by a bank. Individual CDs start as low as $100 and have maturities ranging from a few weeks to several years.
Committee Draft
A time deposit with a specific maturity evidenced by a certificate.
A certificate given by a bank to a depositor that can be traded on the money market. The depositor is able to get high levels of interest by putting their money in the bank for a fixed term but can sell the CD to someone else to get their capital back at short notice.
Compact Disk. A media that uses a single track, like phongraph records. This layout of data makes random access of data take longer, this is commonly referred to as a long seek time. CD's have a capacity of 700MB (depending upon the disc).
A CD system appears on a freeway system. The local and through traffic is separated by a median or wall. The use of CDs cuts down on the amount of weaving and transitioning that occurs between exits located within a short amount of distance from one another.
It is a unit of luminous intensity. As an indication, it is approximately the luminous intensity of a candle flame.
The unit of measure indicating the luminous intensity (candlepower) of a light source in a specific direction; any given light source will have many different intensities, depending upon the direction considered.
Negotiable interest-bearing certificates by which a bank promises to repay money deposited with it for a specific time period at a specified interest rate. A “time deposit” in a bank, maturing on a specific date, and traditionally evidenced by a certificate.
A political subdivision in which the nation is divided for the purposes of elected US Representatives. Each district contains about 570,000 people.
Compact Disc. A thin platter that has computer data or music recorded on it in optical form. See CD-ROM.
A loan from an investor to a bank or thrift institution for a specified period of time at a set interest rate.
A money market instrument issued by banks. A time CD is characterized by its set date of maturity and interest rate and its wide acceptance among investors, companies and institutions as a highly negotiable short-term investment vehicle.
cadmium: a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores candle: the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin certificate of deposit: a debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest four hundred: being one hundred more than three hundred compact disk: a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser
.cd is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1997 as a replacement for the .zr (Zaire) ccTLD, which was phased out and eventually deleted in 2001.
cd, sometimes also available as chdir (change directory), is a command line command used to change the current working directory in the Unix and DOS operating systems. It is also available for use in Unix shell scripts or DOS batch files. ...
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