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
More Information
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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