Jukebox

jukebox |ˈjoōkˌbäks|noun

a machine that automatically plays a selected musical recording when acoin is inserted.
• Computing a device that stores several computer disks in such a way that data can be read from any of them.

ORIGIN 1930s: from juke ‘roadhouse’ (related to Gullah juke‘disorderly’ ) + box 1 .

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