| English | German |
| compact disc player | CD-Spieler (A device that reads the information stored on a compact disc. A compact disc player contains the optical equipment necessary for reading a disc's contents and the electronic circuitry for interpreting the data as it is read) |
| compact disc read-only memory | CD-ROM (A form of storage characterized by high capacity (roughly 650 MB) and the use of laser optics instead of magnetic means for reading data) |
| compact disc-recordable | beschreibbare CD (A type of CD-ROM that can be written (only once) on a CD recorder and read on a CD-ROM drive) |
| compact disc-rewritable | wiederbeschreibbare CD (A type of CD on which files can be copied, erased, and replaced) |
| compact row axis | komprimierte Zeilenachse (A feature that enables the user to compact or collapse rows when viewing several levels of data) |
| Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 for Devices | Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 für mobile Geräte (A file that installs the SQL Server Compact 3.5 devices runtime components) |