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DVD
(communications)
An optical disk that has formats for audio, video, and computer storage applications, and that uses the same basic structure as the compact disk (CD) to store data, but achieves a greater storage capability by using a track pitch less than half that of the CD, pits and lands as little as half as long as the shortest on a CD, and two substrates, bonded together. Derived from digital versatile disk; digital video disk.
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