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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | DVD-ROM Digital Versatile Disc. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
DVD-ROM is a non-volatile optical data storage medium similar to CD-ROM. Like CD-ROMs, they use a similar technology of microscopic pits on a reflective surface that are read by a laser beam. The difference is that DVD-ROM allows information to be stored on several layers on both sides of the disk (double-sided, dual-layer) giving greater information density. DVDs and CDs are almost indistinguishable to the naked eye (DVDs are a little thicker) but a DVD storea up to 17 GB (when double sided, dual layered) of data compared to the limit of about 700 MB on a CD (which is single-sided, single-layer). Note that there exists compact discs which are dual sided.
There has been some dispute about the meaning of the name - either 'Digital Video Disk - Read Only Memory' or 'Digital Versatile Disk - Read Only Memory'. The latter is preferable, due to the range of information that can be stored on the disks. Common uses include distribution of computer software and films - a single DVD can hold an entire feature film and several extra features, ranging from scene selection to alternative endings, director's commentaries and documentaries about the subject matter of the film.
The use of DVD-ROM for selling prerecorded films has grown at a fast rate and is overtaking video cassettes faster than CDs overtook cassette tapes for audio.
Informative DVD-ROMs may contain links to webpages with additional information. To keep them up to date these are sometimes indirect: they link to webpages maintained by the producer of the DVD-ROM which contain the links to external webpages. E.g. a Galileo DVD links to http://www.galileo-dvd.de/a_dam/e/pc06.htm , which links to [1] , with framing.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "DVD-ROM."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DVD-ROM | Spanish | Disco vídeo digital | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: DVD-ROM |
| Specialty definitions using "DVD-ROM": Digital Versatile Disc, DVDROM. (references) |
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Business | This report covers memory storage devices for personal computers, such as floppy disk drives, hard disk drives, CD-ROM drives, CD-RW drives, and DVD-ROM drives. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "DVD-ROM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | digital video-disk (digital versatile disc, digital versatile disk, digital video disc, digital video disk), digital versatile disc (digital versatile disc, digital versatile disk, digital video disc, digital video disk). (various references) | |
Dutch | dvd-schijf (digital versatile disc, digital versatile disk, digital video disc, digital video disk), dvd-ROM (digital versatile disc, digital versatile disk, digital video disc, digital video disk), dvd (digital versatile disc, digital versatile disk, digital video disc, digital video disk). (various references) | |
Finnish | DVD-levyke (digital versatile disc, digital versatile disk, digital video disc, digital video disk). (various references) | |
German | DVD (digital versatile disc, digital versatile disk, digital video disc, digital video disk), digitale Videodisc (digital versatile disc, digital versatile disk, digital video disc, digital video disk). (various references) | |
Greek | DVD-ROM (digital versatile disc, digital versatile disk, digital video disc, digital video disk), ψηφιακός βιντεοδίσκος (digital versatile disc, digital versatile disk, digital video disc, digital video disk), ψηφιακός ευέλικτος δίσκος (digital versatile disc, digital versatile disk, digital video disc, digital video disk). (various references) | |
Spanish | DVD-ROM (digital versatile disc, digital versatile disk, digital video disc, digital video disk), disco vídeo digital (digital versatile disc, digital versatile disk, digital video disc, digital video disk). (various references) | |
Swedish | DVD (digital versatile disc, digital versatile disk, digital video disc, digital video disk), digitalt optiskt lagringsmedia (digital versatile disc, digital versatile disk, digital video disc, digital video disk). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-m-o-r-v" | |
-2 letters: dorm. | |
-3 letters: dom, dor, mod, mor, odd, rod, rom. | |
-4 letters: do, mo, od, om, or. | |
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| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Abbreviations 6. Acronyms 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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