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Victorian Railways K class The K class was a branch line steam locomotive that ran on Victorian Railways from 1922 to 1979. Although its design was entirely conventional and it specifications unremarkable, the K class was in practice a remarkably versatile and dependable locomotive.
Victorian Railways N class The N class was a branch line steam locomotive that ran on Victorian Railways from 1925 to 1966. A development of the successful K class 2-8-0, they were the first VR locomotive designed for possible conversion from 5 ft 3 in (1600 mm) broad gauge to 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) standard gauge.
Victorian Railways R class The R class was an express passenger steam locomotive that ran on Victorian Railways from 1951 to 1974. A long overdue replacement for the 1907-era A2 class 4-6-0, they were almost immediately superseded by the introduction of mainline diesel-electric and electric locomotives on the VR from 1952 onwards.
Victorian Railways S class The S class was an express passenger steam locomotive that ran on Victorian Railways from 1928 to 1954. Built when the VR was at its zenith, and assigned to haul premier interstate express passenger services, the S class remained the VR's most prestigious locomotive class until the advent of diesel electric locomotives in the early 1950s.
Victorian Ranger Association The Victorian Ranger Association was established in the early 1980s to represent Park Rangers and their professional interests in the management of natural and cultural assets in the state of Victoria, Australia.
Victorian Rugby Union The Victorian Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in the state of Victoria, Australia. The Union un-successfully bidded the fourth Australian Super 14 licence, which eventually went to the Western Force.
Victorian Socialist Party The Victorian Socialist Party (VSP) was a socialist political party in Victoria, Australia in the early 20th century. The VSP was founded in 1906 in Melbourne, bringing together a number of older socialist groupings.
Victorian State League Division 1 The Victorian State League Division 1 is the second tier football (soccer) competition (behind the Victorian Premier League) in Victoria, Australia. It is conducted by the Football Federation Victoria, the state's football governing body.
Victorian Street Motard Riders The Victorian Street Motard Riders club serves to provide a gathering point and represent the interests of supermotard riders in the state of Victoria, Australia. The club itself is a virtual group whoes public face is the web site.
Victorian Students' Aid Program (VSAP) The Victorian Students' Aid Program is a non-profit organisation established by students at the University of Melbourne in July 2005. VSAP delivers vital equipment and health resources with students who travel to disadvantaged communities, usually as part of the elective component of their degree as a gesture of thanks for hosting the student.
Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre The Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) is the administrative body which processes applications for universities (and other tertiary institutions) in the state of Victoria (Australia). VTAC also calculates the Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank (ENTER) for Victorian Year 12 students.
Victorian Trades Hall Council The Victorian Trades Hall Council is a representative body of trade union organisations, known as a Labour council, in the State of Victoria, Australia. It includes 60 affiliated Trade Unions and Professional Associations, and eight Victorian regional Trades and Labour Councils.
Victorian Village, Memphis Victorian Village, Memphis is an area of Memphis, Tennessee located in the eastern quadrant of downtown Memphis. During Memphis' early period of growth in the mid 1800s, a few wealthy Memphians built grand, Victorian-style homes in what was then the outskirts of the city.
Victorian Women's Football League The Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) is the oldest and largest Australian rules football league for women in the world, made up of clubs from Victoria, Australia. It is an open age Women's Footy competition.
Victoriano Lorenzo Victoriano Lorenzo is considered one of the great heroes of Panamanian history, although his story and motives are sometimes debated by different sectors in his homeland. Born when the isthmus was still a part of Colombia, Lorenzo died during the Thousand Days War, shortly after which Panama gained its independence after many different attempts dating back to 1830.
Victoriatus The victoriatus was a silver coin issued during the Roman Republic from about 221 BC to 170 BC. The obverse of the coin featured the bust of Jupiter and the reverse featured Victory placing a wreath upon a trophy with the inscription "ROMA" in exergue.
Victoriaville, Quebec Victoriaville (nicknamed "Victo") is a city in central Quebec, Canada, on the Nicolet River. Victoriaville is the seat of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality and a part of the Centre-du-Québec (Bois-Francs) region.
Victorinox Victorinox is a knife manufacturer headquartered in the town of Ibach, in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. It is primarily known as one of the two official suppliers of Swiss Army knives (the other being Wenger, which it acquired in spring of 2005).
Victorinus (vicarius) Victorinus is the recorded name of a vicarius of Roman Britain probably serving between 395 and 406. He is mentioned by the Gaul Rutilius Claudius Namatianus in his De reditu i, 493-510 who had met him later in Gaul around 417.
Victorinus of Pettau Saint Victorinus of Pettau (died 303 or 304) was a Catholic ecclesiastical writer who flourished about 270, and who was martyred during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian. A Bishop of Poetovio (modern Ptuj; ) in Pannonia, Victorinus is also known as Victorinus Petravionensis, Victorinus Pictaviensis, or Victorinus of Ptuj.
Victorio C. Edades Victorio C. Edades (December 13, 1895 - March 7, 1985) is a Filipino painter who was the leader of the revolutionary Thirteen Moderns who engaged their classical compatriots in heated debate over the nature and function of art.
Victorio Peak Victorio Peak is a high rocky outcropping in the Hebrillo Basin in southern New Mexico. This was one of Chief Victorio's hideouts, and is where "Doc" Noss and his wife claimed to have found hidden treasure in the late 1930s.
Victorius of Aquitaine Victorius of Aquitaine, a countryman of Prosper of Aquitaine and also working in Rome, produced in 457 an Easter Cycle, which was based on the consular list provided by Prosper's Chronicle. This dependency caused scholars to think that Prosper had been working on his own Easter Annals for quite some time.
Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day (Croatian: Dan pobjede i domovinske zahvalnosti) is a public holiday in Croatia which is held as a memorial to that country's War of Independence. It is celebrated on August 5.
Victory at Sea Victory at Sea was a documentary TV series about naval warfare during World War II that was originally aired by NBC in 26 half-hour segments on Sunday afternoons, starting October 26, 1952 and ending May 3, 1953. The series, which won an Emmy in 1954 as best public affairs program, played a major role in establishing historic documentaries as a viable television genre.
Victory Aircraft Victory Aircraft Limited was a Canadian manufacturing company that, during the Second World War, built mainly British-designed aircraft under license. It acted as a shadow factory, safe from the reach of German bombers.
Victory Auto Wreckers Victory Auto Wreckers is an auto salvage yard located in the Chicago suburb of Bensenville, Illinois. It is best known for its distinctive and ubiquitous television commercial which has been airing on local stations nonstop since 1981.
Victory by Design Victory by Design is a series of documentary films on the subject of famous racing automobile marques produced in the 1990s and 2000s. The series began as a single film focused on Porsche, directed by award winning film-maker Tony Maylam, executive produced by Clive Pullan and hosted by former racing driver, Alain de Cadenet.
Victory Bank Victory Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Northern Chagos Archipelago at 05°33'S, 0172°14'E, about midway between Danger Island on the Northern rim of the Great Chagos Bank, which is 16 km Southeast of it, and Île Boddam, of the Salomon Islands, which is 17 km to the North. It is roughly elliptical in shape, with a size of 6 km East-West and 4 km North-South, and an area of about 19 km2.
Victory Bell (USC-UCLA) The Victory Bell (UCLA-USC) is an annual trophy given to either the University of Southern California or the University of California, Los Angeles. The winner of the annual UCLA-USC rivalry football contest keeps the bell for the next year, and paints it the school's color: Bruin blue for UCLA, or cardinal red for USC.
Victory Bridge (Florida) The Victory Bridge carries US 90 over the floodplain of the Apalachicola River in the Florida Panhandle, immediately below the Jim Woodruff Dam. The original Victory Bridge is no longer used, having been replaced by a high-level bridge slightly upstream that carries the same name.
Victory Bridge (New Jersey) The Victory Bridge is a highway bridge that carries Route 35 over the Raritan River, connecting the Middlesex County, New Jersey communities of Perth Amboy on the north and Sayreville to the south. The bridge is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT).
Victory class destroyer The Victory class destroyer is a heavy destroyer in the fictional universe of Babylon 5. The Victory class is the descendant of the White Star class starship and is the most powerful starship the Interstellar Alliance has.
Victory Day (Eastern Europe) Victory Day (, Den' Pobedy; ; ; ; ; ; ) marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union in the Second World War commonly referred to in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War. This capitulation was signed late in the evening on May 8, 1945 (May 9 in the Moscow time zone), following the original capitulation Germany signed earlier to the joint Allied forces.
Victory garden Victory gardens, also called war gardens or food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit and herb gardens planted at private residences in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom during World War I and World War II to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort. In addition to indirectly aiding the war effort these gardens were also considered a civil "morale booster" — in that gardeners could feel empowered by their contribution of labor and rewarded by the produce grown.
Victory Jig Victory Jig is a phrase describing the celebration of a victory or success with a little dance, shuffle, body movement, skip, or spring in the step. It is most common in sports, but has also appeared in the political sphere (See David Trimble).
Victory lap A Victory lap (also lap of honor) is a term used in motorsports to describe an extra lap of the race track after the conclusion of a race. This lap, driven at reduced speed, allows the winning driver to celebrate his or her victory and gives the spectators an opportunity to congratulate and honor the competitors.
Victory Memorial Parkway Victory Memorial Parkway (or, Victory Memorial Drive) is a section of the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway in Minneapolis. The parkway runs along the northwestern and northern boundaries of the Camden community in Minneapolis.
Victory Monument (Bangkok) The Victory Monument (Thai: ŕ¸ŕ¸™ŕ¸¸ŕ¸Şŕ¸˛ŕ¸§ŕ¸Łŕ¸µŕ¸˘ŕąŚŕ¸Šŕ¸±ŕ¸˘ŕ¸Şŕ¸ˇŕ¸Łŕ¸ ูมิ, Anusawari Chai Samoraphum) is a large military monument in Bangkok, Thailand. The monument is located in the district of Ratchathewi to the north-east of the centre of Bangkok, on a traffic island at the intersection of Phahon Yothin/Phaya Thai and Ratchawithi/Din Daeng Roads.
Victory Mountains The Victory Mountains () is a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, about 160 km (100 mi) long and 80 km (50 mi) wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea. The division between these mountains and the Concord Mountains (to the NW) is less precise but apparently lies in the vicinity of Thomson Peak.
Victory outreach Victory Outreach Ministries is an international Pentecostal church with an emphasis on reaching people hooked on drugs and people who are involved in gangs of all ages, races and countries with the gospel of Jesus Christ. There are currently over 500 locations worldwide.
Victory over Japan Day V-J Day is the abbreviation for Victory over Japan Day, the celebration of the Surrender of Japan, which took place on August 15, 1945, ending the Second World War. In Japan, the day is known as, Shusen-kinenbi, which literally means the "Memorial day for the end of the war".
Victory points In development-oriented computer games, the strength of a player's development is often measured by an abstract quantity of victory points, which accumulate as the game develops. Victory points or similar quantities need not be restricted to development games, but are most common in that type as they ensure sufficient reward for all aspects of development.
Victory Park, Dallas, Texas Victory Park is a master planned development northwest of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) and north of SH Spur 366 (Woodall Rodgers Freeway). It is along Interstate 35E and thus part of the Stemmons Corridor, but is commonly considered part of Oak Lawn and often mistakenly, Uptown.
Victory Parts Victory Parts is the second album by Scottish indie rock band ac acoustics. The album was widely acclaimed in the music press and displays an evolution of the band's sound from The Jesus and Mary Chain-derived noiseniks to wall-of-sound rock.
Victory Records Victory Records is a Chicago-based independent record label founded by Tony Brummel. Victory Records is a privately held corporation with several imprint labels, as well as a music publishing company called "Another Victory Publishing.
Victory Run Victory Run is a racing game released for the TurboGrafx-16 and is also available on the Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console. One of the unique features at the time of release of Victory Run was that the vehicles required maintenance, in that the player could purchase upgrades between races.
Victory ship The Victory ship was a type of cargo ship produced in large numbers by North American shipyards during World War II to replace shipping losses caused by German submarines. Together with an earlier design, the Liberty ship, about 2400 were built in the United States and over 300 were built in Canada.
Victory Sports Network The Minnesota Twins baseball team launched the Victory Sports Network as a cable and satellite television regional sports network in October 2003. Victory Sports, of course, became the exclusive TV home of Twins games; in addition, it planned coverage of various Minnesota college and high school games.
Victory Square, Saint Petersburg Victory Square (, Ploschad Pobedy) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, is named after the Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War. It is located in the very end of Moskovsky Prospekt near Pulkovo Airport – not in the central part of the city, despite this name being common in the former Soviet cities as a central city square.
Victory Station Victory Station is a Trinity Railway Express commuter rail station located along the Stemmons Corridor of Dallas, Texas (USA) near the city's downtown and in Uptown. It opened in 2001 in the Victory Park development as a temporary platform shortly after the opening of the American Airlines Center and is a station on the TRE commuter rail line, serving the American Airlines Center only on dates when there are events.
Victory title A victory title is an honorific title adopted by a successful military commander to commemorate his defeat of an enemy nation. This practice was first used by Ancient Rome and is still most commonly associated with the Romans, but it has also been adopted as a practice by many modern empires, especially Napoleonic, British and Russian.
Victory Tactical Solutions, LLC Victory Tactical Solutions is a privately held company based in York, PA. The company partners with community leaders, law enforcement, private industry, educational institutions, the military, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and government agencies to provide reliable, practical, field tested solutions that improve operations and enhance security.
Victory Tests The Victory Tests were a series of cricket matches played in England from May 19 to August 22, 1945, between a combined Australian Services XI and an English national side. The matches were played less than two weeks after the end of World War II in Europe, and were embraced by the public of England as a way to get back to their way of life from before the war.
Victory Theatre The Victory Theatre is a 1,950 seat venue in Evansville, Indiana. It is home to the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra and also hosts local ballet and modern dance companies, theatre companies, and touring productions.
Victory Unintentional Victory Unintentional is a semi-humorous science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, originally published in Super Science Stories, August 1942, and included in the collection The Rest of the Robots. It is a sequel to a non-robot story, Not Final, published the previous year, and one of the few stories by Asimov to postulate non-human intelligences in the Solar system.
Victory V Victory V is a British brand of liquorice-flavoured lozenges. Originally manufactured in Nelson, Lancashire, they were devised by Thomas Fryer and Edward Smith MD in the mid-1800s and were initially made by hand to ensure that each sweet contained the correct amount of therapeutic ingredients; ether, liquorice and chloroform.
Victory, Wisconsin Victory, Wisconsin is a small unincorporated community within the town of Genoa in Vernon County, Wisconsin. The Battle of Bad Axe, which was the final battle of the Black Hawk War of 1832, took place near this community.
Victualling Commissioners The Victualling Commissioners were the body responsible under the Navy Board for victualling ships of the British Royal Navy. They maintained large establishments for providing provisions, including baking biscuit, and buying and salting meat.
Vicus In the history of the Roman empire, a vicus (pl. vici) was an ad hoc provincial civilian settlement that sprang up close to and because of a nearby official Roman site, usually a military garrison or state-owned mining operation.
VicUrban VicUrban is an agency of the Victorian Government responsible for overseeing sustainable development in Victoria, Australia. It is intended to support planning policies such as Melbourne 2030 and acts as a land developer with a 12% market share in land sales.
Vicyohandri OdelĂn Vicyohandri OdelĂn SanamĂ© (born June 26, 1980 in Guantánamo) is a righthanded pitcher for the Cuban national baseball team and CamagĂĽey of the Cuban National Series. Nicknamed "Villo", OdelĂn was part of the Cuban team at the 2006 World Baseball Classic.
Vid Kid Vid Kid was a comic strip in the British comic Buster, first appearing in 1987 when it replaced Cliff Hanger (though when reprints of the latter started appearing in 1992, Vid Kid remained in the comic). Drawn throughout by Jack Edward Oliver under the pseudonym "Sue Denim" (as it was a different drawing style than how he usually drew) the strip was about a boy called Vic who owned a special remote control, which could play, pause, rewind, or fast-forward many things, including people.
Vid Kidz Vid Kidz was a software development studio formed by Defender programmers Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar, following their departure from Williams Electronics. Eventually, Williams made a deal with Vid Kidz to design games for them.
Vid-root The root VID was uttered or spoken for millennia before the first written languages appeared. It is first recognized in Proto-Indo-Aryan studies as the root VID, meaning "to know", in Southwestern Asia.
Vida Blue (album) Vida Blue is the self-titled debut album from a trio featuring Phish keyboardist Page McConnell along with bassist Oteil Burbridge and drummer Russell Batiste. It was recorded and released during Phish's hiatus from touring.
Vida Blue (band) Vida Blue was an electronic trio fronted by Page McConnell of Phish which included Oteil Burbridge of The Allman Brothers Band and Russell Batiste of The Meters. Vida Blue got its name from the 1970's Major League Baseball pitcher Vida Blue.
Vida Latina Vida Latina is a free Spanish language entertainment and current events monthly distributed throughout Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina in the United States. Vida Latina was founded in Charleston, South Carolina in 2001, but moved its headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia in 2005.
Vida Samadzai Vida Samadzai (born 1980) is Miss Afghanistan 2003. The first Afghan woman to participate in an international beauty pageant since 1974, her appearance in a red bikini in the 2003 Miss Earth pageant created controversy in her native country.
Vida VencienÄ— Vida VencienÄ— (maiden name Vida MogenytÄ—; born May 21, 1961 in UkmergÄ—) is a former cross-country skier who represented the USSR and later Lithuania from 1988 to 1994. She won a gold medal over 10 km and a bronze over 5 km at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary for the USSR.
Vidago Vidago is a small town located twelve kilometers south of Chaves in the district of Vila Real, Portugal. It is famous for its mineral waters and has a large hotel called the Vidago Palace Hotel, once a favorite of the last Portuguese kings.
Vidal Blanc Vidal Blanc is an inter-specific hybrid variety of white wine grape, a cross of Ugni Blanc and Rayon d'Or (Seibel 4986). It manages to produce high sugar levels in cold climates while maintaining good acid levels.
Vidal M. Treviño Vidal Manuel Treviño (June 10, 1929 - December 30, 2006) was a longtime educator and a Democratic political powerhouse in Laredo, Texas, who served as the Laredo Independent School District (LISD) superintendent between 1973 and 1995. He also served a term in the Texas House of Representatives from then District 80 from 1961-1963.
Vidalia onion A Vidalia onion is a sweet onion of certain varieties, grown in a production area defined by law in Georgia and by the United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The varieties include the hybrid yellow granex, varieties of granex parentage, or other similar varieties recommended by the Vidalia Onion Committee and approved by the U.
Vidalia project Vidalia is a cross-platform controller GUI for Tor, built using the Qt toolkit. It allows the user to start, stop, and view the status of Tor, monitor bandwidth usage, view, filter, and search log messages, and configure some aspects of Tor.
Vidame Vidame, a French corruption of the official Latin term vicedominus ('vice-lord'), was a feudal title in France. The vidame was originally, like the avoué (advocatus), a secular official chosen by the bishop of the diocese, with the consent of the count, to perform functions in the church's earthly interest, canonically incompatible with the clerical state, or at least deemed inappropriate, especially involving violence, even in the service of justice, and to act as protector, rather in the tradition of the Roman Defensores.
Vidar In Norse mythology, VĂðarr (often Anglicised Vidar) is a god associated with vengeance and is the son of Odin and the giantess GrĂd. His major deed in the mythology is to avenge his father's death at Ragnarök and is one of the few gods destined to survive that final conflict.
Vidarbha Janata Congress Vidarbha Janata Congress (Vidarbha Popular Congress) a political party in the Indian state of Maharashtra. VJC was launched on September 9 2002 by former MP Jambuwantrao Dhote and demands statehood for the Vidarbha region.
Vidarbha Kingdom Vidarbha kingdom was one among the many kingdoms ruled by Yadava kings (Bhoja Yadavas) in the central and western India. It was the southern most kingdom known to the kings of Gangatic Plain until they explored Southern India.
Vidas de Fuego Vidas de Fuego ("Lives of Fire") is the name of a fictional telenovela that is actually a Show-within-a-show, where it is featured in the American dramedy series Ugly Betty. The series is watched by the Suarezes at home, mostly by the main character's father and sister.
Vidas de Fuego/Temp Vidas de Fuego ("Lives of Fire") is the name of a fictional telenovela that is actually a show-within-a-show, where it is featured in the American dramedy series Ugly Betty. The series is watched by the Suarez family at home, mostly by the main character's father, Ignacio, and sister, Hilda.
Vidas Secas Vidas Secas (translated into English as Barren Lives) is a novel by twentieth-century Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos, written in 1938. It tells the cyclical story of a family of 5, a father, mother, 2 sons and their dog in the poverty stricken and arid Brazilian northeast.
Vidéotron Vidéotron Limited is an integrated communications company active in cable television, interactive multimedia development, video on demand, wireless communication and Internet access services, serving Québec, Canada. It is a subsidiary of Quebecor.
Videbæk Videbæk is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Ringkjøbing County close to Ringkøbing Fjord on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 289 km², and has a total population of 12,140 (2005).
Video Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images which represent scenes in motion. Video technology was first developed for television systems, but has been further developed in many formats to allow for consumer video recording.
Video 2000 Video 2000 (or V2000; also known as Video Compact Cassette, or VCC) was a consumer VCR system and videotape standard developed by Philips and Grundig to compete with JVC's VHS and Sony's Betamax video technologies. Distribution of Video 2000 products began in 1979 and ended in 1988; they were marketed exclusively in Europe.
Video 5 8 6 "Video 5 8 6" is an instrumental piece recorded by British group New Order in 1982. In its entire form it was released as a single by Touch Records in 1997, although 2 edited versions had appeared back in 1982.
Video assist A video assist is a piece of equipment mounted onto a movie camera that allows (with the addition of a monitor) the director to see exactly what the camera operator is seeing and thus ensure that the film is being shot and framed the way he/she wants. On digital video cameras, this device is not necessary as the chips relay video directly, but a video assist is required on a film camera in order to optically tap what the lens receives.
Video Anthology / 1978-88 Bruce Springsteen's Video Anthology / 1978-88 is a collection of 18 music videos made on his behalf, released in VHS format on January 31, 1989 was reissued as The Complete Video Anthology / 1978-2000 by Sony] in [[DVD on January 16, 2001, adding a second disc with 15 additional music videos or other clips.
Video camera A video camera is a camera used for electronic motion picture acquisition, initially developed by the television industry but now common in other applications as well. The earliest video cameras were those of John Logie Baird, based on the electromechanical Nipkow disk and used by the BBC in experimental broadcasts through the 1930s.
Video capture Video capture usually refers to the various methods of capturing video on a computer. It can refer to capturing video from an outside source, such as a TV signal, or it can refer to capturing what is displayed on the computer screen.
Video card A video card, (also referred to as a graphics accelerator card, display adapter and numerous other terms), is an item of personal computer hardware whose function is to generate and output images to a display. The term is usually used to refer to a separate, dedicated expansion card that is plugged into a slot on the computer's motherboard, as opposed to a graphics controller integrated into the motherboard chipset.
Video clip Video clips are short clips in video format and predominantly found on the internet where the massive influx of new video clips during 2006 has been dubbed as a new phenomenon having a profound impact on both the internet and other forms of media. Sources for video clips include news and sporting events, historical videos, music videos, television programmes, film trailers and vlogs.
Video compression Video compression refers to reducing the quantity of data used to represent video content without excessively reducing the quality of the picture. It also reduces the number of bits required to store and/or transmit digital media.
Video compression picture types The three major picture types found in typical video compression designs are I(ntra) pictures, P(redicted) pictures, and B(i-predictive) pictures (or B(i-directional) pictures). They are also commonly referred to as I frames, P frames, and B frames.
Video Capture Device Video Capture Device (full title Weezer - Video Capture Device: Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002) is the Weezer DVD. It contains footage of a lot of live gigs from early stages of their musical career, right up until 2002.
Video CD Video CD (aka VCD, View CD, Compact Disc digital video) is a standard digital format for storing video on a Compact Disc. VCDs are playable in dedicated VCD players, nearly all personal computers, most modern DVD-Video players, and some video game consoles.
Video Coding Experts Group The Video Coding Experts Group or VCEG is the Study Group 16, Working Party 3/16 (Media coding) Question 6 (Video coding) of ITU-T. The Study Group 16 is responsible for studies relating to multimedia service capabilities, and application capabilities (including those supported for NGN).
Video Concert Hall Video Concert Hall was an early USA Network television program featuring an unhosted rotation of music videos. Often credited as being the precursor to MTV, Video Concert Hall was reportedly the most popular programming on QUBE, a cable television unit of Warner Communications.
Video Disk Control Protocol Video Disk Control Protocol (VDCP) is a proprietary communications protocol primarily used to control hard disk video servers for broadcast television. VDCP was originally developed by Louth Automation and is commonly called the Louth Protocol.
Victorian Railways N class The N class was a branch line steam locomotive that ran on Victorian Railways from 1925 to 1966. A development of the successful K class 2-8-0, they were the first VR locomotive designed for possible conversion from 5 ft 3 in (1600 mm) broad gauge to 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) standard gauge.
Victorian Railways R class The R class was an express passenger steam locomotive that ran on Victorian Railways from 1951 to 1974. A long overdue replacement for the 1907-era A2 class 4-6-0, they were almost immediately superseded by the introduction of mainline diesel-electric and electric locomotives on the VR from 1952 onwards.
Victorian Railways S class The S class was an express passenger steam locomotive that ran on Victorian Railways from 1928 to 1954. Built when the VR was at its zenith, and assigned to haul premier interstate express passenger services, the S class remained the VR's most prestigious locomotive class until the advent of diesel electric locomotives in the early 1950s.
Victorian Ranger Association The Victorian Ranger Association was established in the early 1980s to represent Park Rangers and their professional interests in the management of natural and cultural assets in the state of Victoria, Australia.
Victorian Rugby Union The Victorian Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in the state of Victoria, Australia. The Union un-successfully bidded the fourth Australian Super 14 licence, which eventually went to the Western Force.
Victorian Socialist Party The Victorian Socialist Party (VSP) was a socialist political party in Victoria, Australia in the early 20th century. The VSP was founded in 1906 in Melbourne, bringing together a number of older socialist groupings.
Victorian State League Division 1 The Victorian State League Division 1 is the second tier football (soccer) competition (behind the Victorian Premier League) in Victoria, Australia. It is conducted by the Football Federation Victoria, the state's football governing body.
Victorian Street Motard Riders The Victorian Street Motard Riders club serves to provide a gathering point and represent the interests of supermotard riders in the state of Victoria, Australia. The club itself is a virtual group whoes public face is the web site.
Victorian Students' Aid Program (VSAP) The Victorian Students' Aid Program is a non-profit organisation established by students at the University of Melbourne in July 2005. VSAP delivers vital equipment and health resources with students who travel to disadvantaged communities, usually as part of the elective component of their degree as a gesture of thanks for hosting the student.
Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre The Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) is the administrative body which processes applications for universities (and other tertiary institutions) in the state of Victoria (Australia). VTAC also calculates the Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank (ENTER) for Victorian Year 12 students.
Victorian Trades Hall Council The Victorian Trades Hall Council is a representative body of trade union organisations, known as a Labour council, in the State of Victoria, Australia. It includes 60 affiliated Trade Unions and Professional Associations, and eight Victorian regional Trades and Labour Councils.
Victorian Village, Memphis Victorian Village, Memphis is an area of Memphis, Tennessee located in the eastern quadrant of downtown Memphis. During Memphis' early period of growth in the mid 1800s, a few wealthy Memphians built grand, Victorian-style homes in what was then the outskirts of the city.
Victorian Women's Football League The Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) is the oldest and largest Australian rules football league for women in the world, made up of clubs from Victoria, Australia. It is an open age Women's Footy competition.
Victoriano Lorenzo Victoriano Lorenzo is considered one of the great heroes of Panamanian history, although his story and motives are sometimes debated by different sectors in his homeland. Born when the isthmus was still a part of Colombia, Lorenzo died during the Thousand Days War, shortly after which Panama gained its independence after many different attempts dating back to 1830.
Victoriatus The victoriatus was a silver coin issued during the Roman Republic from about 221 BC to 170 BC. The obverse of the coin featured the bust of Jupiter and the reverse featured Victory placing a wreath upon a trophy with the inscription "ROMA" in exergue.
Victoriaville, Quebec Victoriaville (nicknamed "Victo") is a city in central Quebec, Canada, on the Nicolet River. Victoriaville is the seat of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality and a part of the Centre-du-Québec (Bois-Francs) region.
Victorinox Victorinox is a knife manufacturer headquartered in the town of Ibach, in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. It is primarily known as one of the two official suppliers of Swiss Army knives (the other being Wenger, which it acquired in spring of 2005).
Victorinus (vicarius) Victorinus is the recorded name of a vicarius of Roman Britain probably serving between 395 and 406. He is mentioned by the Gaul Rutilius Claudius Namatianus in his De reditu i, 493-510 who had met him later in Gaul around 417.
Victorinus of Pettau Saint Victorinus of Pettau (died 303 or 304) was a Catholic ecclesiastical writer who flourished about 270, and who was martyred during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian. A Bishop of Poetovio (modern Ptuj; ) in Pannonia, Victorinus is also known as Victorinus Petravionensis, Victorinus Pictaviensis, or Victorinus of Ptuj.
Victorio C. Edades Victorio C. Edades (December 13, 1895 - March 7, 1985) is a Filipino painter who was the leader of the revolutionary Thirteen Moderns who engaged their classical compatriots in heated debate over the nature and function of art.
Victorio Peak Victorio Peak is a high rocky outcropping in the Hebrillo Basin in southern New Mexico. This was one of Chief Victorio's hideouts, and is where "Doc" Noss and his wife claimed to have found hidden treasure in the late 1930s.
Victorius of Aquitaine Victorius of Aquitaine, a countryman of Prosper of Aquitaine and also working in Rome, produced in 457 an Easter Cycle, which was based on the consular list provided by Prosper's Chronicle. This dependency caused scholars to think that Prosper had been working on his own Easter Annals for quite some time.
Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day (Croatian: Dan pobjede i domovinske zahvalnosti) is a public holiday in Croatia which is held as a memorial to that country's War of Independence. It is celebrated on August 5.
Victory at Sea Victory at Sea was a documentary TV series about naval warfare during World War II that was originally aired by NBC in 26 half-hour segments on Sunday afternoons, starting October 26, 1952 and ending May 3, 1953. The series, which won an Emmy in 1954 as best public affairs program, played a major role in establishing historic documentaries as a viable television genre.
Victory Aircraft Victory Aircraft Limited was a Canadian manufacturing company that, during the Second World War, built mainly British-designed aircraft under license. It acted as a shadow factory, safe from the reach of German bombers.
Victory Auto Wreckers Victory Auto Wreckers is an auto salvage yard located in the Chicago suburb of Bensenville, Illinois. It is best known for its distinctive and ubiquitous television commercial which has been airing on local stations nonstop since 1981.
Victory by Design Victory by Design is a series of documentary films on the subject of famous racing automobile marques produced in the 1990s and 2000s. The series began as a single film focused on Porsche, directed by award winning film-maker Tony Maylam, executive produced by Clive Pullan and hosted by former racing driver, Alain de Cadenet.
Victory Bank Victory Bank is a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Northern Chagos Archipelago at 05°33'S, 0172°14'E, about midway between Danger Island on the Northern rim of the Great Chagos Bank, which is 16 km Southeast of it, and Île Boddam, of the Salomon Islands, which is 17 km to the North. It is roughly elliptical in shape, with a size of 6 km East-West and 4 km North-South, and an area of about 19 km2.
Victory Bell (USC-UCLA) The Victory Bell (UCLA-USC) is an annual trophy given to either the University of Southern California or the University of California, Los Angeles. The winner of the annual UCLA-USC rivalry football contest keeps the bell for the next year, and paints it the school's color: Bruin blue for UCLA, or cardinal red for USC.
Victory Bridge (Florida) The Victory Bridge carries US 90 over the floodplain of the Apalachicola River in the Florida Panhandle, immediately below the Jim Woodruff Dam. The original Victory Bridge is no longer used, having been replaced by a high-level bridge slightly upstream that carries the same name.
Victory Bridge (New Jersey) The Victory Bridge is a highway bridge that carries Route 35 over the Raritan River, connecting the Middlesex County, New Jersey communities of Perth Amboy on the north and Sayreville to the south. The bridge is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT).
Victory class destroyer The Victory class destroyer is a heavy destroyer in the fictional universe of Babylon 5. The Victory class is the descendant of the White Star class starship and is the most powerful starship the Interstellar Alliance has.
Victory Day (Eastern Europe) Victory Day (, Den' Pobedy; ; ; ; ; ; ) marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union in the Second World War commonly referred to in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War. This capitulation was signed late in the evening on May 8, 1945 (May 9 in the Moscow time zone), following the original capitulation Germany signed earlier to the joint Allied forces.
Victory garden Victory gardens, also called war gardens or food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit and herb gardens planted at private residences in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom during World War I and World War II to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort. In addition to indirectly aiding the war effort these gardens were also considered a civil "morale booster" — in that gardeners could feel empowered by their contribution of labor and rewarded by the produce grown.
Victory Jig Victory Jig is a phrase describing the celebration of a victory or success with a little dance, shuffle, body movement, skip, or spring in the step. It is most common in sports, but has also appeared in the political sphere (See David Trimble).
Victory lap A Victory lap (also lap of honor) is a term used in motorsports to describe an extra lap of the race track after the conclusion of a race. This lap, driven at reduced speed, allows the winning driver to celebrate his or her victory and gives the spectators an opportunity to congratulate and honor the competitors.
Victory Memorial Parkway Victory Memorial Parkway (or, Victory Memorial Drive) is a section of the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway in Minneapolis. The parkway runs along the northwestern and northern boundaries of the Camden community in Minneapolis.
Victory Monument (Bangkok) The Victory Monument (Thai: ŕ¸ŕ¸™ŕ¸¸ŕ¸Şŕ¸˛ŕ¸§ŕ¸Łŕ¸µŕ¸˘ŕąŚŕ¸Šŕ¸±ŕ¸˘ŕ¸Şŕ¸ˇŕ¸Łŕ¸ ูมิ, Anusawari Chai Samoraphum) is a large military monument in Bangkok, Thailand. The monument is located in the district of Ratchathewi to the north-east of the centre of Bangkok, on a traffic island at the intersection of Phahon Yothin/Phaya Thai and Ratchawithi/Din Daeng Roads.
Victory Mountains The Victory Mountains () is a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, about 160 km (100 mi) long and 80 km (50 mi) wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea. The division between these mountains and the Concord Mountains (to the NW) is less precise but apparently lies in the vicinity of Thomson Peak.
Victory outreach Victory Outreach Ministries is an international Pentecostal church with an emphasis on reaching people hooked on drugs and people who are involved in gangs of all ages, races and countries with the gospel of Jesus Christ. There are currently over 500 locations worldwide.
Victory over Japan Day V-J Day is the abbreviation for Victory over Japan Day, the celebration of the Surrender of Japan, which took place on August 15, 1945, ending the Second World War. In Japan, the day is known as, Shusen-kinenbi, which literally means the "Memorial day for the end of the war".
Victory points In development-oriented computer games, the strength of a player's development is often measured by an abstract quantity of victory points, which accumulate as the game develops. Victory points or similar quantities need not be restricted to development games, but are most common in that type as they ensure sufficient reward for all aspects of development.
Victory Park, Dallas, Texas Victory Park is a master planned development northwest of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) and north of SH Spur 366 (Woodall Rodgers Freeway). It is along Interstate 35E and thus part of the Stemmons Corridor, but is commonly considered part of Oak Lawn and often mistakenly, Uptown.
Victory Parts Victory Parts is the second album by Scottish indie rock band ac acoustics. The album was widely acclaimed in the music press and displays an evolution of the band's sound from The Jesus and Mary Chain-derived noiseniks to wall-of-sound rock.
Victory Records Victory Records is a Chicago-based independent record label founded by Tony Brummel. Victory Records is a privately held corporation with several imprint labels, as well as a music publishing company called "Another Victory Publishing.
Victory Run Victory Run is a racing game released for the TurboGrafx-16 and is also available on the Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console. One of the unique features at the time of release of Victory Run was that the vehicles required maintenance, in that the player could purchase upgrades between races.
Victory ship The Victory ship was a type of cargo ship produced in large numbers by North American shipyards during World War II to replace shipping losses caused by German submarines. Together with an earlier design, the Liberty ship, about 2400 were built in the United States and over 300 were built in Canada.
Victory Sports Network The Minnesota Twins baseball team launched the Victory Sports Network as a cable and satellite television regional sports network in October 2003. Victory Sports, of course, became the exclusive TV home of Twins games; in addition, it planned coverage of various Minnesota college and high school games.
Victory Square, Saint Petersburg Victory Square (, Ploschad Pobedy) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, is named after the Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War. It is located in the very end of Moskovsky Prospekt near Pulkovo Airport – not in the central part of the city, despite this name being common in the former Soviet cities as a central city square.
Victory Station Victory Station is a Trinity Railway Express commuter rail station located along the Stemmons Corridor of Dallas, Texas (USA) near the city's downtown and in Uptown. It opened in 2001 in the Victory Park development as a temporary platform shortly after the opening of the American Airlines Center and is a station on the TRE commuter rail line, serving the American Airlines Center only on dates when there are events.
Victory title A victory title is an honorific title adopted by a successful military commander to commemorate his defeat of an enemy nation. This practice was first used by Ancient Rome and is still most commonly associated with the Romans, but it has also been adopted as a practice by many modern empires, especially Napoleonic, British and Russian.
Victory Tactical Solutions, LLC Victory Tactical Solutions is a privately held company based in York, PA. The company partners with community leaders, law enforcement, private industry, educational institutions, the military, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and government agencies to provide reliable, practical, field tested solutions that improve operations and enhance security.
Victory Tests The Victory Tests were a series of cricket matches played in England from May 19 to August 22, 1945, between a combined Australian Services XI and an English national side. The matches were played less than two weeks after the end of World War II in Europe, and were embraced by the public of England as a way to get back to their way of life from before the war.
Victory Theatre The Victory Theatre is a 1,950 seat venue in Evansville, Indiana. It is home to the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra and also hosts local ballet and modern dance companies, theatre companies, and touring productions.
Victory Unintentional Victory Unintentional is a semi-humorous science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, originally published in Super Science Stories, August 1942, and included in the collection The Rest of the Robots. It is a sequel to a non-robot story, Not Final, published the previous year, and one of the few stories by Asimov to postulate non-human intelligences in the Solar system.
Victory V Victory V is a British brand of liquorice-flavoured lozenges. Originally manufactured in Nelson, Lancashire, they were devised by Thomas Fryer and Edward Smith MD in the mid-1800s and were initially made by hand to ensure that each sweet contained the correct amount of therapeutic ingredients; ether, liquorice and chloroform.
Victory, Wisconsin Victory, Wisconsin is a small unincorporated community within the town of Genoa in Vernon County, Wisconsin. The Battle of Bad Axe, which was the final battle of the Black Hawk War of 1832, took place near this community.
Victualling Commissioners The Victualling Commissioners were the body responsible under the Navy Board for victualling ships of the British Royal Navy. They maintained large establishments for providing provisions, including baking biscuit, and buying and salting meat.
Vicus In the history of the Roman empire, a vicus (pl. vici) was an ad hoc provincial civilian settlement that sprang up close to and because of a nearby official Roman site, usually a military garrison or state-owned mining operation.
VicUrban VicUrban is an agency of the Victorian Government responsible for overseeing sustainable development in Victoria, Australia. It is intended to support planning policies such as Melbourne 2030 and acts as a land developer with a 12% market share in land sales.
Vicyohandri OdelĂn Vicyohandri OdelĂn SanamĂ© (born June 26, 1980 in Guantánamo) is a righthanded pitcher for the Cuban national baseball team and CamagĂĽey of the Cuban National Series. Nicknamed "Villo", OdelĂn was part of the Cuban team at the 2006 World Baseball Classic.
Vid Kid Vid Kid was a comic strip in the British comic Buster, first appearing in 1987 when it replaced Cliff Hanger (though when reprints of the latter started appearing in 1992, Vid Kid remained in the comic). Drawn throughout by Jack Edward Oliver under the pseudonym "Sue Denim" (as it was a different drawing style than how he usually drew) the strip was about a boy called Vic who owned a special remote control, which could play, pause, rewind, or fast-forward many things, including people.
Vid Kidz Vid Kidz was a software development studio formed by Defender programmers Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar, following their departure from Williams Electronics. Eventually, Williams made a deal with Vid Kidz to design games for them.
Vid-root The root VID was uttered or spoken for millennia before the first written languages appeared. It is first recognized in Proto-Indo-Aryan studies as the root VID, meaning "to know", in Southwestern Asia.
Vida Blue (album) Vida Blue is the self-titled debut album from a trio featuring Phish keyboardist Page McConnell along with bassist Oteil Burbridge and drummer Russell Batiste. It was recorded and released during Phish's hiatus from touring.
Vida Blue (band) Vida Blue was an electronic trio fronted by Page McConnell of Phish which included Oteil Burbridge of The Allman Brothers Band and Russell Batiste of The Meters. Vida Blue got its name from the 1970's Major League Baseball pitcher Vida Blue.
Vida Latina Vida Latina is a free Spanish language entertainment and current events monthly distributed throughout Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina in the United States. Vida Latina was founded in Charleston, South Carolina in 2001, but moved its headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia in 2005.
Vida Samadzai Vida Samadzai (born 1980) is Miss Afghanistan 2003. The first Afghan woman to participate in an international beauty pageant since 1974, her appearance in a red bikini in the 2003 Miss Earth pageant created controversy in her native country.
Vida VencienÄ— Vida VencienÄ— (maiden name Vida MogenytÄ—; born May 21, 1961 in UkmergÄ—) is a former cross-country skier who represented the USSR and later Lithuania from 1988 to 1994. She won a gold medal over 10 km and a bronze over 5 km at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary for the USSR.
Vidago Vidago is a small town located twelve kilometers south of Chaves in the district of Vila Real, Portugal. It is famous for its mineral waters and has a large hotel called the Vidago Palace Hotel, once a favorite of the last Portuguese kings.
Vidal Blanc Vidal Blanc is an inter-specific hybrid variety of white wine grape, a cross of Ugni Blanc and Rayon d'Or (Seibel 4986). It manages to produce high sugar levels in cold climates while maintaining good acid levels.
Vidal M. Treviño Vidal Manuel Treviño (June 10, 1929 - December 30, 2006) was a longtime educator and a Democratic political powerhouse in Laredo, Texas, who served as the Laredo Independent School District (LISD) superintendent between 1973 and 1995. He also served a term in the Texas House of Representatives from then District 80 from 1961-1963.
Vidalia onion A Vidalia onion is a sweet onion of certain varieties, grown in a production area defined by law in Georgia and by the United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The varieties include the hybrid yellow granex, varieties of granex parentage, or other similar varieties recommended by the Vidalia Onion Committee and approved by the U.
Vidalia project Vidalia is a cross-platform controller GUI for Tor, built using the Qt toolkit. It allows the user to start, stop, and view the status of Tor, monitor bandwidth usage, view, filter, and search log messages, and configure some aspects of Tor.
Vidame Vidame, a French corruption of the official Latin term vicedominus ('vice-lord'), was a feudal title in France. The vidame was originally, like the avoué (advocatus), a secular official chosen by the bishop of the diocese, with the consent of the count, to perform functions in the church's earthly interest, canonically incompatible with the clerical state, or at least deemed inappropriate, especially involving violence, even in the service of justice, and to act as protector, rather in the tradition of the Roman Defensores.
Vidar In Norse mythology, VĂðarr (often Anglicised Vidar) is a god associated with vengeance and is the son of Odin and the giantess GrĂd. His major deed in the mythology is to avenge his father's death at Ragnarök and is one of the few gods destined to survive that final conflict.
Vidarbha Janata Congress Vidarbha Janata Congress (Vidarbha Popular Congress) a political party in the Indian state of Maharashtra. VJC was launched on September 9 2002 by former MP Jambuwantrao Dhote and demands statehood for the Vidarbha region.
Vidarbha Kingdom Vidarbha kingdom was one among the many kingdoms ruled by Yadava kings (Bhoja Yadavas) in the central and western India. It was the southern most kingdom known to the kings of Gangatic Plain until they explored Southern India.
Vidas de Fuego Vidas de Fuego ("Lives of Fire") is the name of a fictional telenovela that is actually a Show-within-a-show, where it is featured in the American dramedy series Ugly Betty. The series is watched by the Suarezes at home, mostly by the main character's father and sister.
Vidas de Fuego/Temp Vidas de Fuego ("Lives of Fire") is the name of a fictional telenovela that is actually a show-within-a-show, where it is featured in the American dramedy series Ugly Betty. The series is watched by the Suarez family at home, mostly by the main character's father, Ignacio, and sister, Hilda.
Vidas Secas Vidas Secas (translated into English as Barren Lives) is a novel by twentieth-century Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos, written in 1938. It tells the cyclical story of a family of 5, a father, mother, 2 sons and their dog in the poverty stricken and arid Brazilian northeast.
Vidéotron Vidéotron Limited is an integrated communications company active in cable television, interactive multimedia development, video on demand, wireless communication and Internet access services, serving Québec, Canada. It is a subsidiary of Quebecor.
Videbæk Videbæk is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Ringkjøbing County close to Ringkøbing Fjord on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 289 km², and has a total population of 12,140 (2005).
Video Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images which represent scenes in motion. Video technology was first developed for television systems, but has been further developed in many formats to allow for consumer video recording.
Video 2000 Video 2000 (or V2000; also known as Video Compact Cassette, or VCC) was a consumer VCR system and videotape standard developed by Philips and Grundig to compete with JVC's VHS and Sony's Betamax video technologies. Distribution of Video 2000 products began in 1979 and ended in 1988; they were marketed exclusively in Europe.
Video 5 8 6 "Video 5 8 6" is an instrumental piece recorded by British group New Order in 1982. In its entire form it was released as a single by Touch Records in 1997, although 2 edited versions had appeared back in 1982.
Video assist A video assist is a piece of equipment mounted onto a movie camera that allows (with the addition of a monitor) the director to see exactly what the camera operator is seeing and thus ensure that the film is being shot and framed the way he/she wants. On digital video cameras, this device is not necessary as the chips relay video directly, but a video assist is required on a film camera in order to optically tap what the lens receives.
Video Anthology / 1978-88 Bruce Springsteen's Video Anthology / 1978-88 is a collection of 18 music videos made on his behalf, released in VHS format on January 31, 1989 was reissued as The Complete Video Anthology / 1978-2000 by Sony] in [[DVD on January 16, 2001, adding a second disc with 15 additional music videos or other clips.
Video camera A video camera is a camera used for electronic motion picture acquisition, initially developed by the television industry but now common in other applications as well. The earliest video cameras were those of John Logie Baird, based on the electromechanical Nipkow disk and used by the BBC in experimental broadcasts through the 1930s.
Video capture Video capture usually refers to the various methods of capturing video on a computer. It can refer to capturing video from an outside source, such as a TV signal, or it can refer to capturing what is displayed on the computer screen.
Video card A video card, (also referred to as a graphics accelerator card, display adapter and numerous other terms), is an item of personal computer hardware whose function is to generate and output images to a display. The term is usually used to refer to a separate, dedicated expansion card that is plugged into a slot on the computer's motherboard, as opposed to a graphics controller integrated into the motherboard chipset.
Video clip Video clips are short clips in video format and predominantly found on the internet where the massive influx of new video clips during 2006 has been dubbed as a new phenomenon having a profound impact on both the internet and other forms of media. Sources for video clips include news and sporting events, historical videos, music videos, television programmes, film trailers and vlogs.
Video compression Video compression refers to reducing the quantity of data used to represent video content without excessively reducing the quality of the picture. It also reduces the number of bits required to store and/or transmit digital media.
Video compression picture types The three major picture types found in typical video compression designs are I(ntra) pictures, P(redicted) pictures, and B(i-predictive) pictures (or B(i-directional) pictures). They are also commonly referred to as I frames, P frames, and B frames.
Video Capture Device Video Capture Device (full title Weezer - Video Capture Device: Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002) is the Weezer DVD. It contains footage of a lot of live gigs from early stages of their musical career, right up until 2002.
Video CD Video CD (aka VCD, View CD, Compact Disc digital video) is a standard digital format for storing video on a Compact Disc. VCDs are playable in dedicated VCD players, nearly all personal computers, most modern DVD-Video players, and some video game consoles.
Video Coding Experts Group The Video Coding Experts Group or VCEG is the Study Group 16, Working Party 3/16 (Media coding) Question 6 (Video coding) of ITU-T. The Study Group 16 is responsible for studies relating to multimedia service capabilities, and application capabilities (including those supported for NGN).
Video Concert Hall Video Concert Hall was an early USA Network television program featuring an unhosted rotation of music videos. Often credited as being the precursor to MTV, Video Concert Hall was reportedly the most popular programming on QUBE, a cable television unit of Warner Communications.
Video Disk Control Protocol Video Disk Control Protocol (VDCP) is a proprietary communications protocol primarily used to control hard disk video servers for broadcast television. VDCP was originally developed by Louth Automation and is commonly called the Louth Protocol.
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