(1) Inactive; unused; idle. See
cold backup,
cold boot and
cold swap.
(2) (COLD) (
Computer
Output to
Laser
Disc) Archiving large volumes of transactions on a LaserDisc (LD). This early technology was superseded by other forms of optical media (see
WORM,
magneto-optic disk and
DVD-R). See
LaserDisc,
ERM and
computer output microfilm.