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MiniDisc

magneto-optical storage medium
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MiniDisc

Summary

MiniDisc ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,185 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • MiniDisc's developer is recorded as Sony Group[2].
  • MiniDisc is a type of audio storage device[3].
  • MiniDisc is a type of magneto-optical disc[4].
  • MiniDisc is a type of recording medium[5].
  • MiniDisc's Commons category is recorded as MiniDisc[6].
  • MiniDisc's Unicode character is recorded as 💽[7].
  • MiniDisc was published on 1992[8].
  • MiniDisc's described by source is recorded as Museum of Obsolete Media[9].
  • MiniDisc's described by source is recorded as Techmoan[10].
  • MiniDisc's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.org/ontology/mo/MD[11].
  • MiniDisc's different from is recorded as MiniDVD[12].
  • MiniDisc's different from is recorded as Mini CD[13].
  • MiniDisc's different from is recorded as Minidisk[14].
  • MiniDisc's different from is recorded as MD[15].
  • MiniDisc's different from is recorded as Mini-Disk[16].
  • MiniDisc's exact match is recorded as http://rs.tdwg.org/format/values/m059[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include audio storage device[3], magneto-optical disc[4], and recording medium[5].

Why It Matters

MiniDisc ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,185 views/month).[1] MiniDisc has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] MiniDisc is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

80 mm optical disc Mini CD MiniDVD Sony Group

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Controlled Vocabulary for Dublin Core format. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). MiniDisc. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/minidisc
MLA “MiniDisc.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/minidisc.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_minidisc_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{MiniDisc}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/minidisc}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 5w ago · DnaX · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → audio storage device, magneto-optical disc, recording medium
    Described by source → Museum of Obsolete Media, Techmoan
    Different from → MiniDVD, Mini CD, Minidisk +2
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q193395]]"
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