Jukebox

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

jukebox
    n 1: a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records
         are played by inserting a coin [syn: {jukebox},
         {nickelodeon}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Jukebox \Juke"box\, n.
   1. A phonograph or compact disc player with multiple discs,
      requiring the insertion of coins prior to playing, and
      allowing the user to select the playing of any disc in its
      inventory. An early version was called the {nickelodeon}.
      [PJC]

   2. (Computers) a data-storage device having multiple compact
      discs, of which only one may be on-line at any given time,
      which permits the user (through computer commands) to
      select on-line access to any disc from its inventory, in a
      manner reminiscent of a musical jukebox[1].
      [PJC]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

jukebox

   <hardware, storage> A hardware mechanism for allowing access
   to one of a group of discs, especially CD-ROMs or other
   optical media.

   [Or magnetic tapes?]

   (1996-12-10)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

45 Moby Thesaurus words for "jukebox":
      Gramophone, PA, PA system, Victrola, audio sound system,
      audiophile, binaural system, bitch box, bullhorn, cartridge,
      ceramic pickup, changer, crystal pickup,
      derived four-channel system, discrete four-channel system,
      four-channel stereo system, hi-fi, hi-fi fan, high-fidelity,
      intercom, intercommunication system, magnetic pickup,
      monaural system, mono, needle, nickelodeon, phonograph,
      photoelectric pickup, pickup, public-address system,
      quadraphonic sound system, radio-phonograph combination,
      record changer, record player, sound reproduction system,
      sound truck, squawk box, stereo, stylus, system, tape deck,
      tape recorder, tone arm, transcription turntable, turntable