The DCC (acronym for Digital Compact Cassette) was a digital recording format developed by Philips in the early 1990s, designed to be the modern successor to the analog cassette tape.

Unlike the DAT format (which used rotating heads), DCC used a stationary (fixed) head system, similar to that of common tape recorders.

Its main characteristics were:

• The Media: It used exclusive digital cassette tapes, but the device had the advantage of being backward compatible, that is, it could play old analog cassette tapes.