I guess there are now digital amplifiers, but I know even less about those than about analog amplifiers. A CD transport is what spins a CD and reads the digital information stored on the CD. A DAC is what translates the digital signal into an analog signal. And a CD player combines the transport and the DAC into a single chassis.
One of the most popular versions of Cinderella was written by Charles Perrault in 1697. The popularity of his tale was due to his additions to the story including the pumpkin, the fairy-godmother and the introduction of glass slippers.
There are over 700 Cinderella stories around the world, and the earliest one on record is known as Yeh-Shen, from China thousands of years ago. However, the traditional version of the story was published by Charles Perrault, in France, in the book Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals: Tales of Mother Goose in 1697.