Record, disk

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OBJECT TYPE: DIGITAL/COMPACT/SINGLE SIDED
DATE: 1981
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1983.0342.001

MANUFACTURER: POLYGRAM
MODEL: 800 020-2
LOCATION: Hanover, Federal Republic of Germany

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC DISK/ PLASTIC CASE/ PAPER LABEL, BOOKLET

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 14.2 cm
Width: 12.4 cm
Height: 1.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Sound
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: POLYGRAM
Country: Federal Republic of Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Hanover

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: New
Canada: The compact disk represents the first major change in the basic method of recording audio on a disk since the original Berliner records pre-1900.
Function: Recording media upon which music was recorded for playback, in this case songs by Barbra Streisand: Guilty.
Technical: In the compact disk system of recording, sound levels are converted to a series of binary codes on the disk in the shape of tiny pits. During playback, a laser beam focuses on the pits which reflect the laser light. Variations in the reflected light rays are then converted back into a continuous audio form.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: NONE
Finish: METALLIC DISK/ CLEAR CASE/ GREY PLASTIC/ RED LABEL/ MULTICOLOURED PAPER
Decoration: BUFF & BLACK PRINTING

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POLYGRAM, Record, disk, 1981, Artifact no. 1983.0342, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0342.001/

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