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jukebox

a coin-operated player of recorded music, used in restaurants, bars, etc.: a record, disc, etc. is chosen by pushing a button
any device for playing CDs, accessing CD-ROMs, etc., in which one of several discs may be selected for use

Origin of jukebox

Gullah juke, wicked, disorderly (as in juke-house, house of prostitution), of West African origin, originally

Also written juke box

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jukebox

noun

A money-operated machine that plays music, usually equipped with pushbuttons for the selection of particular recordings. juke¹

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Noun

(plural jukeboxes)

A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music; it has push-buttons to make selections.
(computing) An automated carousel for the storage and retrieval of tapes, CD-ROMs, etc.
(computing, by extension) A software application capable of replaying tracks from a digital music collection.

Origin

juke (“roadside café”) +‎ box

A coin-operated jukebox

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jukebox - Computer Definition

A storage device for multiple CD-ROMs, DVDs, tape cartridges or disk modules. Using carousels, robot arms and other methods, a jukebox physically moves the storage medium from its assigned location to an optical or magnetic station for reading and writing. Access between modules can take several seconds. Jukeboxes were popular when CD-ROMs and removable cartridges were widely used prior to the commercial Internet. See digital jukebox and vinyl record.

Tape Cartridge Jukebox

Overland Data's Data Vault integrated a robotic loading system with a stationary magazine that held 3480/3490 tape cartridges. (Image courtesy of Overland Data Inc.)

A Real Jukebox Was For Music

Although music players with multiple turntables were introduced in the late 1920s, this 1930s Wurlitzer model played twelve 78 RPM single-song records by extracting the platter onto one turntable. The name jukebox came from "juke joint," a place where people danced, drank and gambled, primarily in the southeastern U.S.

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