Definition of "MiniDisc"

This convinces me that MiniDisc is a format whose time has come and gone. When MiniDisc first came out, I was very excited at the existence of an erasable disc format for music.

1997, Electronic musician, volume 13, numbers 8—12, page 10

Or you could buy the FW538 system stack, which Philips sees as CD-RW's big weapon in its lone fight against the rising tide of MiniDisc, for £449.95.

1999, High fidelity news and record review, volume 44, numbers 1—12, page 15

So the recording is real time: To get an hour of music on a MiniDisc, it'll take you an hour. If you go for the MiniDisc and Voquette MiniDisc NetLink solution, you'll probably want to build a collection of MiniDiscs rather than recording music to a MiniDisc temporarily, the way you download music to an ultraportable MP3 player.

Guy Hart-Davis, Rhonda Holmes (2000) MP3!‎, page 387