| video |
television, esp. the visual images as distinguished from the sound. [3 definitions] |
| videocassette |
a cassette for or containing a videotape. |
| videocassette recorder |
a device for recording on and replaying videocassettes; video recorder or VCR. |
| video chat |
a conversation between people via an electronic means that allows both speaking with and viewing the other person or persons. [2 definitions] |
| videoconference |
an organized meeting in which participants in different locations communicate by transmitted audio and visual signals. |
| videoconferencing |
the process of holding an organized meeting via transmitted audio and visual signals. |
| videodisc |
a disc on which sounds and moving images can be recorded for later playback on a television set. |
| video game |
any of various electronic or computerized games in which players manipulate images on a television or other electronic screen. |
| videotape |
a magnetic tape on which moving images can be recorded, usu. accompanied by sound, for later broadcast or playback on television. [3 definitions] |
| videotex |
any electronic system for the distribution of data for display on video screens, often allowing for interaction by users via telephone or television; videotext. |
| vidicon |
a small, highly sensitive television camera tube that forms an image on a photoconductive surface that is then scanned with an electron beam. |
| vie |
to compete with another for victory, superiority, or the like (usu. fol. by "for"). |
| Vienna |
the capital of Austria. |
| Vientiane |
the capital of Laos. |
| Vietcong |
a nationalistic, communist guerrilla force in Vietnam that fought to overthrow the South Vietnamese government with the help and support of North Vietnam during 1954-75. [2 definitions] |
| Vietminh |
a Vietnamese organization, formed in 1941 by a coalition of nationalists and communists, that sought independence from domination by the Japanese and the French. [2 definitions] |
| Vietnam |
a Southeast Asian country in eastern Indochina on the South China Sea; Socialist Republic of Vietnam. |
| Vietnamese |
a citizen or inhabitant of Vietnam, or a descendant thereof. [3 definitions] |
| Vietnam War |
a war (1954-1975) between the communist Viet Cong forces supported by North Vietnam, China, and Russia and the non-communist government forces supported by South Vietnam and the U.S., which ended with the unification of Vietnam under communist North Vietnam. |
| view |
the act of looking at or observing; visual inspection; survey. [7 definitions] |
| viewable |
combined form of view. |