A DVD is a disc on which a film or music is recorded. DVD discs are similar to compact discs but hold a lot more information. DVD is an abbreviation for `digital video disc' or `digital versatile disc'. a DVD player. digital video disc digital versatile disc a type of computer disc that can store a large amount of information, sound, pictures, and video. in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. Like a CD drive, a DVD drive uses a low-power laser to read digitized (binary) data that have been encoded onto the disc in the form of tiny pits. Because it uses a digital format, a DVD can store any kind of data, including movies, music, text, and graphical images. DVDs are available in single-and double-sided versions, with one or two layers of information per side. Single-sided DVDs have become standard media for recorded motion pictures, largely replacing videotape in the home market. A double-sided, dual-layer version can store about 30 times as much information as a standard CD. DVDs are made in a ROM (read-only memory) format as well as in erasable (DVD-E) and recordable (DVD-R) formats. Though DVD players can usually read CDs, CD players cannot read DVDs. It is expected that DVDs will eventually replace CDs, especially for multimedia workstations
very high-capacity digital optical disk (originally the DVD, like CD, was marketed for entertainment and later for computer users); device on which such disks can be played
Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc A DVD is a high-capacity optical disc that looks like a CD, but can store 4 7 GB of data Usually used for full-length movies and very large data storage There is a two-layer standard that doubles the single-sided capacity to 8 5GB The disks can also be double-sided, ramping up the maximum storage on a single disc to 17GB To be able to read DVDs in your computer you'll need a DVD-ROM drive DVDs can also read your CDs, but to play DVD movies on your computer, you'll need to have a graphics card with a DVD-decoder
Digital Versatile Disc DVDs have the same size and appearance as CD-ROM discs, but are capable of storing significantly greater amounts of data
Acronym for Digital Versatile Disk; it's a CD-ROM format that can store up to 17 gigabytes of data (enough for a full-length movie) It's expected to replace CD-ROM drives
Digital Video Disc A special type of CD-ROM with greater data storage capacity and access rate Most commonly used as a medium for movies and other video data
Stands for Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc, it's a later generation CD-Rom that holds up to 4 7 GB (gigabytes) of data, long enough to store (and play) a full length movie
a digital videodisc; a recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
Digital Versatile Disk Optical disk storage that encompasses audio, video, and computer data
(Digital Versatile Disc) An advanced type of CD-ROM that holds a minimum of 4 7 gigabytes (unit of storage) to a maximum of 17 gigabytes of information They are compressed using the MPEG codec, which stores only the changes from one frame to another instead of the entire frame
Digital Versatile Disk, a high-density mass storage medium similar to CD-ROM, but capable of storing much larger amounts of information due to improvements in recording density and use of multiple layers per side
An optical storage medium that can store up to 4 7 Gigabytes (single layer), 8 5 GB (double layer), 9 4 GB (double sided, single layer), or 17 GB (double sided, double layer) Transfer rates and seek times are similar to those of CD-ROM for currently available drives The DVD spec included higher level specs for audio and video capabilities
Digital Versatile Disc An optic disc with the same physical size as a CD but with significantly greater storage capacity
Acronym for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc The DVD disc is the same size as an audio CD but is equipped with more storage capacity, allowing it to hold hours of video and audio, as well as other data
Digital video disk; a type of compact disc that holds far more information than the CD-ROMs that are used for storing music files A DVD can hold a minimum of 4 7 GB, enough for a full-length movie MPEG-2 is used to compress video data for storage on a DVD DVD drives are backward-compatible and can play CD-ROMs
Acronym for "Digital Versatile Disk"; it's a CD-ROM format that can store up to 17 gigabytes of data (enough for a full-length movie) It's expected to replace CD-ROM drives
"Digital Versatile Disk " (Formerly Digital Video Disk ) Same size as a CD but stores seven times CD capacity on a single side DVDs can also be double-sided or dual layer Today most DVDs are used to display full-length commercial motion pictures, plus additional material such as outtakes, director's notes, movie trailers, etc
An optical storage medium that provides greater capacity and bandwidth than CD-ROM; DVDs are frequently used for multimedia as well as data storage
(Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) Storage device that holds 4 7 GB to 17 GB of data (approx 8 to 27 CD-ROMs)
Short for digital versatile disc or digital video disc, a new type of CD-ROM that holds a minimum of 4 7GB (gigabytes), enough for a full-length movie Many experts believe that DVD disks, called DVD-ROMs, will eventually replace CD-ROMs, as well as VHS video cassettes and laser discs The DVD specification supports disks with capacities of from 4 7GB to 17GB and access rates of 600 KBps to 1 3 MBps One of the best features of DVD drives is that they are backward-compatible with CD-ROMs This means that DVD players can play old CD-ROMs, CD-I disks, and video CDs, as well as new DVD-ROMs Newer DVD players, called second-generation or DVD-2 drives, can also read CD-R and CD-RW disks DVD uses MPEG-2 to compress video data
Digital Video Disk: This new medium can store large amounts of data on one disk that looks like a CD, including full length films with high-quality sound and pictures
Digital Versatile Disk Technological successor to the CD-ROM that is capable of storing anything upto 17Gb of data Read using a DVD-ROM drive on a computer(which can also read CD-ROMs) There are recordable and rewritable versions
A technology that uses five inch discs similar to CD-ROMs but which can hold much more data A DVD disc can deliver multi-channel sound and TV images three times sharper than videotape DVD players, expected to debut in late 1996, will be interoperable with televisions, stereos, personal computers and some video games Unlike CDs, DVDs can hold data on both sides and can provide either one or two layers of data on each side A single-sided single layer DVD holds 4 7 gigabytes of data while a double-sided double-layer DVD holds 17 gigabytes
Digital Versatile Disc|Digital Versatile Disc]] recordable. A form of digital media that is similar to a CD, but has far denser storage and thus greater capacity. It can only be written to once, but it can be read from an indefinite number of times
Digital Versatile Disc|Digital Versatile Disc]] recordable. A form of digital media that is similar to a CD, but has far denser storage and thus greater capacity. It can only be written to once, but it can be read from an indefinite number of times
Digital Versatile Disc|Digital Versatile Disc]] - read/writable. A form of digital media that is similar to a CD, but has far greater capacity and can be written to more than once
(Computers) new double-sided rewriteable disk that was developed by the DVD consortium and can hold 2.6 gigabytes of data on each side (offers more storage capacity than the older CD-RW)
(Computers) first standard for DVD disks, type of optical disk that is similar to a CD-ROM but offers far greater storage capacity (4.7 gigabytes and higher)
(Computers) new double-sided rewriteable disk that can store 3 gigabytes of data per side (based on the standard developed by Hewlett-Packard, Philips & Sony)
A DVD-R is a DVD which is capable of recording sound and images, for example from another DVD or from the Internet. DVD-R is an abbreviation for `digital video disc recordable' or `digital versatile disc recordable'
A DVD-RW is a DVD which is capable of recording sound and images, for example from another DVD or from the Internet. CD-RW is an abbreviation for `digital video disc rewritable' or `digital versatile disc rewritable'