MINI DISC

Domain	Definition
Computing	Mini Disc A music medium designed by Sony as a portable replacement for music Compact Discs. In 1994 Sony announced a data version which can hold 140 MB or about 100 MB using error correction. These will be competitive with 128 MB magneto-optical disks. Mini Discs may be either a re-writable or mass-produced read-only type. Sony have also announced a standard data format. The transfer rate is similar to CD-ROM which is slow compared to the current magneto-optical drives (which are similar to an old hard disk, with writing noticeably slower than reading). Pre-recorded read-only Mini Discs can be mass manufactured on a modified CD press - this and the standard format mean it could take off as a software distribution medium. An article in the December 1994 PCW quotes access times of about 300 ms and data transfer rate of about 150 kb/s (i.e. about single spin CD rate). (1994-12-13). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Electrical Engineering	The recordable small disk technology from Sony. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: MINI DISC

Domain	Title
References	The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Mini Disc Players (reference) (more reference examples)

High Tech	GameCube Mini Disc Carrier- Blue (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: MINI DISC

Modern Translation: MINI DISC

Language		Translations for "MINI DISC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		minidisc. (various references)

Dutch		minischijf (diskette, flexible disk, floppy disc, floppy disk, minidisk). (various references)

German		Mini-Disc. (various references)

Greek		μίνι δίσκος. (various references)

Pig Latin		inimay iscday

Spanish		MiniDisc, MD (delta modulation, Moldova, Republic of Moldova). (various references)

Swedish		minidisc. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: MINI DISC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-i-i-i-m-n-s"
	-2 letters: imidic.
	-3 letters: disci, imids, midis, minds, minis.
	-4 letters: dims, dins, disc, imid, midi, mids, mind, mini, nidi, nims, nisi.
	-5 letters: cis, dim, din, dis, ids, ins, ism, mid, mis, nim, sic, sim, sin.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-i-i-i-m-n-s"
	+1 letter: indiciums.
	+3 letters: cimetidines, disclaiming, gramicidins, mendicities.
	+4 letters: biomedicines, discomfiting, discriminant, discriminate, endemicities, incendiarism, misdirecting, misdirection, niacinamides.
	+5 letters: deterministic, disconfirming, discriminable, discriminably, discriminants, discriminated, discriminates, discriminator, doctrinairism, idiomaticness, incendiarisms, incommodities, misdescribing, misdirections, modifications, nicotinamides.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
mini disc player	1,719	sharp mini disc recorder	14
mini disc	1,477	mini disc recording	14
sony mini disc	322	car mini disc player	14
mini disc recorder	245	mini disc mp3 player	13
sony mini disc player	124	mini disc deck	13
mini disc software	58	mini disc car stereo	12
sharp mini disc	58	aiwa mini disc	11
sony mini disc recorder	52	mini disc cd	11
mini disc case	48	cheap mini disc player	11
mini disc blank	46	mini disc player case	11
portable mini disc player	42	mini disc label	10
mini disc accessory	37	mini disc walkman	10
mini disc mp3	31	prerecorded mini disc	10
mini disc player recorder	25	mini disc music	10
portable mini disc	24	mp3 2 mini disc	10
mini disc drive	22	sharp mini disc player	9
car mini disc	22	kenwood mini disc	9
portable mini disc recorder	18	mini disc player review	9
mini disc review	15	sony mini disc player and recorder	9
microphone mini disc	15	mini disc pc	8
		sony mini disc walkman	8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: MINI DISC