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BLU-RAY [5 records]

Record 1 2022-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Industries - General
DEF

The most recent stage in the development of something, typically incorporating the newest technology, ideas, and features.

CONT

A time when PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube were the state of the art of game consoles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Industries - Généralités
CONT

Le dernier cri des consoles de jeux. Voici venue la Xbox One, la nouvelle console concoctée par l'américain Microsoft. Puissante et rapide avec un processeur à 8 cœurs, 8 Go [gigaoctets] de mémoire vive, 500 Go de stockage et un lecteur Blu-ray, la relève de la Xbox 360 offre surtout une nouvelle expérience du jeu grâce à son capteur de mouvements nouvelle version : Kinect 2. 0.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario técnico y científico general
  • Industrias - Generalidades
OBS

La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda evitar la expresión "estado del arte" por ser un calco del inglés y sugiere sustituirla en español, en función del contexto, por otras opciones.

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Record 2 2012-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Video Technology
  • Records Management (Management)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Vidéotechnique
  • Gestion des documents (Gestion)

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Video Technology
DEF

A DVD optical disc that uses blue laser technology to store up to 15 GB of data on a single-layered read-only 12 cm optical disc.

OBS

Created by Toshiba in conjunction with NEC, the [HD DVD or] AOD format is a more recent development than the Blu-Ray Disc format ...

Key term(s)
  • HD-DVD

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Vidéotechnique
DEF

Disque DVD doté d’une capacité de stockage légèrement inférieure au format de disque Blu-ray, soit 15 Go en simple couche, 30 Go en double couche pour les disques pressés.

OBS

[...] le HD DVD est un nouveau format de disque optique développé par NEC et Toshiba rejoints par Sanyo en septembre 2004.

OBS

«AOD» est l’abréviation de «Advanced Optical Disc».

Key term(s)
  • HD-DVD

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • Video Technology
DEF

[A DVD] optical disc ... meant for storage of high-definition video and high-density data.

OBS

The Blu-ray standard was jointly developed by a group of consumer electronics and PC companies called the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA). As compared to the HD DVD format, its main competitor, Blu-ray has more information capacity per layer, 25 instead of 15 gigabytes, but may initially be more expensive to support.

OBS

Blu-ray gets its name from the shorter wavelength (405 nm) of a "blue" (technically blue-violet) laser that allows it to store substantially more data than a DVD ...

Key term(s)
  • Blue ray

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Vidéotechnique
DEF

Disque optique conçu pour le stockage d’images à haute définition et de données à haute densité.

OBS

Basé sur un rayon laser bleu, contrairement au laser rouge utilisé pour les CD et les DVD, il permet de stocker plus d’informations sur la même surface.

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Photography
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
OBS

Printing and photographic equipment, etc. -Blu-Ray Inc.

OBS

White copiers and X-Ray Duplicators under the trade name Blu-Ray.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Photographie
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques

Spanish

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