DVD

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a digital videodisc; a recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set

Word Origin

DVD
1995, initialism (acronym) 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]

Example

1. When was the last time you bought a dvd ?
2. Axel strauss the classical hour at steinway hall dvd .
3. I would like to buy a dvd what is a good brand ?
4. He watches movies after they come out on dvd .
5. What 's more , few people buy films on dvd these days , which has hit studios hard . They are scaling back the number of films they make by around a third .

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