What does DVD stand for?
Jeremy Perkins
DVD ::
Digital Video Disc (Computer Weekly)
or
Digital Versatile Disc (Screen International)
??
J.
Espen Braathen
Jeremy Perkins <j...@aber.ac.uk> wrote in article
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> DVD ::
> Digital Video Disc (Computer Weekly)
> Digital Versatile Disc (Screen International)
DVD is not a acronym anymore. DVD is just DVD.
EspenB
Alan Woodford
On Mon, 01 Dec 1997 14:15:40 +0000, Jeremy Perkins <j...@aber.ac.uk>
wrote:
>DVD ::
>
> Digital Video Disc (Computer Weekly)
>
>or
>
> Digital Versatile Disc (Screen International)
>
>??
>
> J.
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On 1 Dec 1997 17:00:37 GMT, "Espen Braathen" <Esp...@powertech.no>
wrote:
>
>
>Jeremy Perkins <j...@aber.ac.uk> wrote in article
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>> DVD ::
>> Digital Video Disc (Computer Weekly)
>> Digital Versatile Disc (Screen International)
>
>DVD is not a acronym anymore. DVD is just DVD.
>
>EspenB
>
Digital Verstile Disc
With the video version being Digital Versatile Disc - Video or
DVD-Video.
Jeremy Perkins
Espen Braathen wrote:
> DVD is not a acronym anymore. DVD is just DVD.
It never was an acronym, at least not as I understand the word. It is an
abbreviation, like IBM or BBC. 'Radar' or 'Snafu' are acronyms.
Anyway, thanks to the other person who has cleared up my confusion by
explaining that it is Digital Versatile Disc and that DVD-Video is a
sensible way of identifying the discs we are all talking about.
Jeremy
Espen Braathen
Jeremy Perkins <j...@aber.ac.uk> wrote in article
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Wrong. DVD is NOT a abbrevation for Digital Versatile Disc.
DVD is not a offical acronym (or abbrevation) for anything.
That's a fact. DVD is just DVD.
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Having glanced through the DVD-Video spec:
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Jeremy Perkins wrote in message <3482C6...@aber.ac.uk>...
>DVD ::
>
> Digital Video Disc (Computer Weekly)
>
>or
>
> Digital Versatile Disc (Screen International)
>
>??
>
> J.
Bicho
Hi!
Depending who tells you Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc.
Either way, get one!
Steve May
I always liked Doubtful Very Doubtful
Steve May
Ed HCC
Paul Dossett
Jeremy Perkins (j...@aber.ac.uk) said:
>Espen Braathen wrote:
>> DVD is not a acronym anymore. DVD is just DVD.
>It never was an acronym, at least not as I understand the word. It is an
>abbreviation, like IBM or BBC. 'Radar' or 'Snafu' are acronyms.
IBM - International Business Machines
BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation
Sound like acronyms to me.
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May <st...@galileo.demon.co.uk> writes
>I always liked Doubtful Very Doubtful
>
>Steve May
>Ed HCC
>
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Alan C Francis
I think what Jeremy means is if the initials are "spelt-out" it's an
abbreviation, if the resultant word is "Pronounced" it's an acronym.
I'm not vouching for that, just expanding the point :-)
...hold on, here's the Collins definitions....
Abbreviate: To shorten a word by leaving out letters (n. Abbreviation)
Acronym: A word made from the initial letters of other words, for example
UNESCO
^^^^
So it seems that BBC and IBM are neither acronyms, nor abbreviations....I
wonder what they are ? :-)
Alan
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Paul Dossett wrote in message <506.284T15...@nospam.net.au>...
Jeremy Perkins
Paul Dossett wrote:
>
> Jeremy Perkins (j...@aber.ac.uk) said:
> >It never was an acronym, at least not as I understand the word. It is an
> >abbreviation, like IBM or BBC. 'Radar' or 'Snafu' are acronyms.
>
> IBM - International Business Machines
> BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation
>
> Sound like acronyms to me.
This is pretty well off-topic so this is my last crack at it. An acronym
is a WORD (i.e. has vowels in enough places to allow it to be pronounced
comfortably). Thus radar is an acronym (RADio Detecting And Ranging) as
is posh (Port Out Starboard Home). IBM and BBC on the other hand are
abbreviations; when they appear in a sentence one pronounces each letter
separately as initials.
That's it from me on that one.
J.
Espen Braathen
Jeremy Perkins <j...@aber.ac.uk> wrote in article
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>
> This is pretty well off-topic so this is my last crack at it. An
acronym
> is a WORD (i.e. has vowels in enough places to allow it to be
pronounced
> comfortably). Thus radar is an acronym (RADio Detecting And Ranging) as
> is posh (Port Out Starboard Home). IBM and BBC on the other hand are
> abbreviations; when they appear in a sentence one pronounces each
letter
> separately as initials.
Wrong. My dictinary list i.e. NATO as an example on acronyms.
EspenB
Paul Dossett
Alan C Francis (alanf@owl*co*uk) said:
>I think what Jeremy means is if the initials are "spelt-out" it's an
>abbreviation, if the resultant word is "Pronounced" it's an acronym.
>I'm not vouching for that, just expanding the point :-)
>...hold on, here's the Collins definitions....
>Abbreviate: To shorten a word by leaving out letters (n. Abbreviation)
>Acronym: A word made from the initial letters of other words, for example
>UNESCO
> ^^^^
>So it seems that BBC and IBM are neither acronyms, nor abbreviations....I
>wonder what they are ? :-)
British Broadcasting Commission
- - -
International Business Machines
- - -
Acronym: A word made from the initial letters of other words. How the hell
are these NOT acronyms??
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StuartHut
Neither "BBC" nor "IBM" are words. Simple as that.