playlist
[pley-list]
- a list of the recordings to be played on the radio during a particular program or time period, often including their sequence, duration, etc.
- Digital Technology. an electronic file containing a list of audio or video files that can be played back on a media player sequentially or in random order: to create a playlist of your favorite songs.
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Origin of playlist
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Examples from the Web for playlist
Contemporary Examples
If none of these songs are likely to knock “Like a Rolling Stone” off your playlist, neither is anything here an embarrassment.
The Playlist, on the other hand, called it “too oblique, too delighted with itself, and frankly, too dull to admire…much.”
Josh Charles on Life After ‘The Good Wife’ and His Insane Movie ‘Bird People’Kevin Fallon
September 13, 2014
The playlist becomes more refined as the listener interacts with the system by approving or disapproving of songs.
Why Apple’s iTunes Radio Isn’t a Threat to Pandora or Spotify…YetLauren DeLisa Coleman
November 12, 2013
A YouTube account in the name “Tamerlan Tsarnaev” posted a playlist he named “Terrorists” and “liked” Islamic militant videos.
Plus, Malcolm Jones offers a playlist of hidden holiday gems.
Twelve Christmas Song Fails: John Travolta, Justin Bieber & More (VIDEO)Kevin Fallon
December 10, 2012
Historical Examples
Taking a guest around Disney World was like programming a playlist for a date or a car-trip.
MakersCory Doctorow
playlist
- a list of records chosen for playing, as on a radio station
- a list of tracks to be played in a particular order on an MP3 player or CD player
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- (tr) to put (a song or record) on a playlist
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