videodisk

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Definition of videodisk in English English dictionary: alternative spelling of videodisc; a digital videodisc; a recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
videodisc: An optical disc used to record video images on special equipment
videodisc: {i} disc on which images and sounds are stored to be read by a laser, optical disk
videodisc: a round flat piece of plastic that you use to record and show films or programmes in the same way as a video DVD. Rigid circular plate of either metal or plastic used to record video and audio signals for playback. It resembles a phonograph record and can be played on a machine attached to a conventional television receiver. There are two major classes of videodiscs, magnetic and nonmagnetic. Magnetic videodiscs have an oxide-coated surface onto which input signals are recorded as magnetic patterns in spiral tracks. Nonmagnetic videodiscs use either a mechanical recording system analogous to that used in phonograph records, or optical technology that uses a laser to read data coded as a sequence of pits on the disc. The most common type of videodisc today is the DVD

videodisk

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vid·e·o·disk

vîdiōdîsk

/ˈvədēōˌdəsk/ /ˈvɪdiːoʊˌdɪsk/

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