DVD

abbreviation

an optical disk that can store a very large amount of digital data, as text, music, or images.

DVD

abbreviation

digital versatile or digital video disk: an optical disk used to store audio, video, or computer data, esp feature films for home viewing

DVD

A compact disk designed to store large amounts of data, especially high-resolution audio-visual material.

DVD

An abbreviation for d igital v ersatile d isc or d igital v ideo d isc. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of DVD¹

1990–95; originally d(igital) v(ideo) d(isk) ; then d(igital) v(ersatile) d(isk) ; now an abbreviation only

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Example Sentences

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People can be jailed for almost anything, activists have said, from watching a South Korean DVD to trying to defect.

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Another brandished a DVD of 2000’s “Mission: Impossible 2,” arguably the worst entry in the series.

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That could mean the files and formats we use now, face a similar fate to the floppy disks and DVD drives of the past.

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Back then, it was awful because that was in the days before they were putting out TV shows on DVD.

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So, after my haircut, I hypnotised someone in the shop using the same language and pattens used in the DVD and the person just dropped unconscious and in a trance.

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Dvapara Yuga DVD-A

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