CD may refer to any of the following:

  1. Short for compact disc, see the compact disc definition for additional information about this term.

  2. Short for change directory, cd is a command commonly used to change the directory in a command line operating system.

Basic examples of the CD command

Below is a quick overview of the available options for the CD command. These options may be different for your command line (e.g., MS-DOS vs. Linux) for more detailed information see the cd command page for your command line in the related pages section.

  1. With computer gaming, cd is short for cool down.
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  • See MS-DOS cd command for further information on this command.
  • See the Linux or Unix cd command for further information on this command.

  1. With hexadecimal “CD” or “0xCD” is the decimal equivalent of 205.

  2. The Internet domain suffix .cd is short for Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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