digital compact cassette

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digital compact cassette

(Electrical Engineering) a magnetic tape cassette on which sound can be recorded in a digital format. Abbreviation: DCC

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digital compact cassette

n → lettore-registratore m digitale

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Sony's MD also had rivals for consumers' affection: Digital Compact Cassette, which was being pushed by Dutch electronics giant Philips, and Digital Audio Tape.

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Volkwein said that Philips has no plans for a major relaunch of Digital Compact Cassette (DCC), the digital tape format that it developed and launched three years ago to great fanfare, but with little success.