VCR

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  VCR \VCR\ (v[=e]"s[=e]*[aum]r`), n.
     a {videocasette recorder}. [acronym]
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  videocasette recorder \videocasette recorder\ n.
     an electronic device which can record electronic signals, as
     from a television program, on magnetic tape contained in a
     videocassette, and can also play back the recording. It is
     used, for example, to record television programs broadcast at
     some particular time, which can then be viewed at any
     subsequent time by attaching the videocasette recorder to a
     television receiver and playing the signals throught the
     television receiver. Also called {VCR}.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  electronic device \electronic device\ n.
     a device depending on the principles of electronics and using
     the manipulation of electron flow for its operation.
     [PJC]
  
     Note: Numerous electronic devices are in daily use, among
           them the {television}, {radio}, {computer}, {robot},
           {transmitter}, {receiver}, {VCR}, {CD player}, etc.
           [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  VCR
       n : a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV
           programs [syn: {videocassette recorder}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  VCR
       
          {Video Cassette Recorder}