DVDs

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97005636
- info:lc/authorities/sh97005636
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh97005636#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Digital versatile discs
- DVD technology
Broader Terms
- Optical disks
Narrower Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb13167631m
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4501545-4
Earlier Established Forms
- DVD technology
Sources
- found: Work cat.: 97027827: DVD demystified, 1997: CIP galley (can stand for Digital video disc; digital versatile disc or nothing depending on whom you ask; next generation of compact disc technology)
- found: ASTI on FirstSearch, July 23, 1997 (DVD technology)
- found: Microcomp. abstracts on FirstSearch, July 23, 1997 (DVD)
- found: Newton, H. Newton's telecom dict., c1998 (DVD. Digital Video Disc. Also called Digital Versatile Disc. DVDs will be able to store as much as 17 gigabytes, compared to the 650 megabytes on CD-ROMs. The DVD disc uses two bonded 0.66 mm substrates ... the laser doesn't have to penetrate as much plastic so it can be focused on a smaller area.)
Change Notes
- 2000-10-11: new
- 2004-03-02: revised

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