1A machine that automatically plays a selected musical recording when a coin is inserted.
‘It's a compilation from the start of her career when she recorded with many bands and most of her records ended up in jukeboxes.’
‘Someone throws a few coins into the jukebox and we are bombarded by Pink's ‘Lets get the party started’.’
‘If you scooted them all a few inches or so this way, you could fit both a pinball machine and a jukebox along that wall.’
‘The lack of a jukebox, dancefloor or fruit machines is in keeping with the York Brewery theme of pubs for drinking, eating and talking.’
‘Blue walks over to his usual table, but stops at the jukebox first and selects a song.’
‘This is one track you're not likely to find on too many jukeboxes in red states.’
‘I peered into the jukebox's window, squinting and spinning my head with the record in an attempt to read the label.’
‘The jukebox has fallen out of favour in recent years, due to the rise in popularity of the personal stereo amongst pub-goers.’
‘Pubs usually stage karaoke evenings or have jukeboxes churning out the hits.’
‘Councilmen visited drugstores and restaurants in the city, demanding that proprietors remove all rock records from their jukeboxes.’
‘In Harlem, angry fans removed his records from jukeboxes and trampled them in the street.’
‘He put a nickel in the jukebox and tossed back a few cold ones.’
‘As they watched, one of the players shambled over to the jukebox and fed a handful of coins into it.’
‘The jukeboxes in the bars were ringing with recordings made in Chicago and New York, rich with the promises of new opportunities.’
‘I glanced over my shoulder to where Ashley was singing along by the jukebox.’
‘I hung up and went to check out the selection on the jukebox.’
‘But I'm concerned that live music is giving way to jukeboxes.’
‘He wants pool tables, a jukebox, internet access, a proper bar and any other ideas the children come up with.’
‘But it's worth considering the cost: I don't have to buy or rent the jukebox, and it's just twenty-five cents per song.’
‘One of their friends repaired jukeboxes for a living.’
1.1Computing A device that stores several computer disks in such a way that data can be read from any of them.
‘In order to increase disk capacity in a jukebox, the physical size of the unit must be increased, which increases the cost of the unit.’
‘DVD jukeboxes with 4.7GB capacity per disc may be a more suitable choice in situations where rapid data access is concerned.’
‘The other traditional data storage, nearline archiving, involves moving the data to a slower media such as robotic tape and laser or magnetic optical jukeboxes.’
‘While DVD-RAM for proprietary storage jukeboxes may be a viable prospect, the technology is losing ground in the optical standards race.’
‘You can even have a DVD-RAM jukebox in practically any size that meets your needs.’