VCR
Americanabbreviation
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video cassette recorder
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visual control room (at an airfield)
Example Sentences
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The VCR transformed Americans from passive viewers into active curators of their entertainment, laying the groundwork for everything from mixtapes to Netflix.
He started in 1988, back when “machine learning” meant teaching your VCR to record “Cheers.”
From MarketWatch
In my bedroom, I had a TV with a built-in VCR that was on all the time.
“This is the nerdiest part: I’ve figured out a way to connect the VCR to a modern projector so I can screen movies from the VCR,” he says, laughing at himself.
From Los Angeles Times
Dug sits upright on the limo’s black Corinthian leather seat, flanked by crystal liquor decanters on one side and a TV and VCR on the other.
From Los Angeles Times
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