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  1. [hardware] Acronym for charge-coupled device. A light-sensitive integrated circuit that captures and stores image information in the form of localized electrical charges that vary with incident light intensity. CCDs are used for high-quality scientific imaging; CCD imaging chips are used as the sensitive focal planes of digital sensors.