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The 28 pages that link to Compact disc, each with the reason it gives.

• Columbia RecordsRelated: Columbia’s parent company helped bring the CD into the music market.

• Streaming musicCompared with: Unlike a stream, a CD provides a physical copy that can be played without internet access.

• Classical music recordingRelated: The CD became a major format for complete classical works and catalog reissues.

• Phonograph recordCompared with: It replaced grooves with digital optical storage in mainstream recorded music.

• Independent record labelRelated: Lower-cost production and wider distribution opportunities helped reshape independent releases in the CD era.

• PolycarbonateBroader topic: Polycarbonate forms the transparent substrate that carries a compact disc’s microscopic data pattern.

• Soundtrack albumRelated: CD releases expanded album capacity for long scores and multiple soundtrack selections.

• Optical discBroader topic: Its infrared laser and relatively wide track spacing define the earliest widely adopted digital disc family.

• Deutsche GrammophonRelated: Deutsche Grammophon was among the early classical labels to issue recordings on CD.

• DVDCompared with: DVD increased capacity through smaller features and tighter track spacing than this predecessor.

• Long-playing recordCompared with: The CD displaced the LP as the leading mass-market album format.

• PhilipsRelated: Philips co-developed the format with Sony, transforming recorded music distribution.

• Studio albumRelated: The CD reshaped album distribution, capacity, and listening conventions.

• Capitol RecordsCompared with: CD reissues later brought Capitol’s analog-era catalog to digital listeners.

• Coding theoryBroader topic: Interleaved Reed–Solomon codes help recover data despite scratches and dust.

• Sound recording and reproductionBroader topic: It made digital playback a mass-market successor to analog records and tapes.

• Compact cassetteCompared with: The CD offered direct digital playback without tape wear or rewinding.

• Error detection and correctionBroader topic: Interleaving and error-correcting codes help playback survive scratches and dust.

• AlbumRelated: The CD became a major physical format for album releases.

• Blu-rayNarrower topic: The CD-to-DVD-to-Blu-ray lineage shows successive increases in optical storage density.

• CD-ROMNarrower topic: CD-ROM uses the physical disc system developed for the Compact Disc.

• Floppy diskCompared with: Compact discs offered far greater capacity and helped replace floppies for software distribution.

• Akio MoritaRelated: Sony’s development of the CD extended Morita’s influence into standards for recorded music.

• iTunesCompared with: iTunes libraries and downloads shifted music listening away from physical CD collections.

• 1980sRelated: The format signaled a shift from analog records and tapes toward digital consumer media.

• Technology life cycleBroader topic: Digital downloads and streaming sharply reduced its role in recorded music distribution.

• CD playerRelated: Its spiral track carries the audio data the player retrieves.

• Media player softwareRelated: CD playback established familiar digital audio controls before computer-based libraries became common.