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CDR¹

noun CDRs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Canadian depositary receipt
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of call detail record: a computer record representing a unit of traffic handled by a telephone exchange.
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of common data rate
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of content of decrement of register; cdr.
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of cup-to-disc ratio
  6. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of commander
  7. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of current divider rule or current division rule Coordinate term: VDR
  8. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of carbon dioxide removal
  9. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of cooldown reduction
  10. countable, uncountable Committee for the Defense of the Revolution

cdr²

  • /ˈku.də/
  • /ˈku.dɚ/
  • /ˈkʌd.ə/
  • /ˈkʌd.ɚ/

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Acronym of contents of the decrement part of register number. Note that it was based on original hardware and has no meaning today.

noun cdrs · CDR

  1. The second part of a cons in Lisp. The remainder of a list when the first element is removed. The elements of a list are the successive cars along the "cdr chain." That is, the elements are the car, the car of the cdr, the car of the cdr of the cdr, etc.

    Opposite: car

Cdr³

noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of commander

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Closest in meaning: rdc, rca, cet, ecm, bmt, cmdr, commander, cor, mbt, rec, ger, ccc, tbm, coll, drc, cder

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@misc{cdr_2026,
  title = {cdr},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cdr},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}