Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

no-cd

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables: no-cd
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A software crack for a program that usually requires the presence of the original compact disc (to prove that it is a legally-acquired copy), allowing it to run without the disc.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Some NO-CDs will replace your Game.exe, which sucks. I can entirely understand how he lost his game.exe, and why he needs it back."
"I have one little problem with no cds, not insurmountable. Sometimes when I click to start up the game I get a message about not being abole to find the right DirectX driver or soemthing ( I forget exactly because I no longer actually read it ) and I have to reboot the computer then it's ok."
"I know you said you were talking about real DOS, but I have this game setup to run in DOSbox with no-CDs and it plays great, better than it did in DOS 6.22 in fact. :)"

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

no-CDs (plural)

Questions

What does no-cd mean?: A software crack for a program that usually requires the presence of the original compact disc (to prove that it is a legally-acquired copy), allowing it to run without the disc.

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