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regional lockout

regional lockout noun: the programming practice, code, or chip used to prevent the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device.

Noun

regional lockout (countable and uncountable, plural regional lockouts)

  1. The programming practice, code, or chip used to prevent the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device.

Forms of regional lockout

pluralregional lockouts

Origin of regional lockout

Coined by the video game community and opponents of the lockout practice. The practice originated with and was devised by the video game industry and was later adopted by the film industry with the advent of DVDs.

Questions about regional lockout

What does regional lockout mean?
Regional lockout means the programming practice, code, or chip used to prevent the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device.
What part of speech is regional lockout?
Regional lockout is a noun.
What is the plural of regional lockout?
The plural of regional lockout is regional lockouts.

Words near regional lockout in the dictionary

  1. regional county municipality
  2. regional economics
  3. regional insourcing
  4. regional jet
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  6. regional lockout
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  8. regional metamorphism
  9. regional metamorphisms
  10. regional Mexican
  11. regional municipalities

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