DVD
- an optical disk that can store a very large amount of digital data, as text, music, or images.
Origin of DVD
1990–95; orig. d(igital) v(ideo) d(isk); then d(igital) v(ersatile) d(isk); now an abbreviation only
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Examples from the Web for dvd
Contemporary Examples
And hey, in six months time, they will be on DVD and they are just going to run together anyway.
The DVD was accompanied by a personalized basketball jersey and a piece of polished amber.
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A police officer sent a DVD copy to the league five months ago.
And most of the movies shown on the televisions in the yard were rentals of whatever Hollywood released on DVD that week.
I used to sneak the DVD up to my room at night and watch it with headphones in the dark.
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Historical Examples
I set up the laptop on a dry bit of rock and booted it from the DVD with her watching.
Little BrotherCory Doctorow
DVD
- digital versatile or digital video disk: an optical disk used to store audio, video, or computer data, esp feature films for home viewing
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Word Origin and History for dvd
DVD
1995, initialism from Digital Video Disc, later changed to Digital Versatile Disc.
Earlier this year, electronics giant Toshiba positioned the first DVD players available in the U.S. as a home entertainment unit (retail price $600). ["Black Enterprise" magazine, June 1997]
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DVD
[dē′vē-dē′]
- A compact disk designed to store large amounts of data, especially high-resolution audio-visual material.
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DVD
An abbreviation for digital versatile disc or digital video disc. A DVD is a high-capacity disc storage system. It is often preferred to move videotapes for its superior sound and video quality.
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