autochanger
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]autochanger (plural autochangers)
- A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.
- 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 71:
- Cedric [...] opened the record player and showed him the revolving disc and the others poised above it on the auto-changer.
- (computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.