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One of the revolutionary technological breakthroughs of the late 20th Century was the creation of the compact disc. The CD technology was first developed by Sony in the late 1970s, and became available commercially in the 1980s. By the end of the 1980s, the CD had emerged as the medium of choice for audio playback, replacing the vinyl album, 8 track and cassette tape.
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