A format war is a competition between similar but mutually incompatible technical standards that compete for the same market, such as for data storage...
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The videotape format war was a period of competition or "format war" of incompatible models of consumer-level analog video videocassette and video cassette...
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will also be placed on the ClassLoader's classpath. EAR (file format) JAR (file format) Crossley, Allistair. "Apache Tomcat 8 (8.0.44) - Tomcat Web Application...
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The high-definition optical disc format war was a market competition between the Blu-ray and HD DVD optical disc standards for storing high-definition...
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distributed using a variety of audio formats, some of which store additional information. Timeline of video formats Format war Audio data compression "The Electrical...
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VHS (redirect from Short Play (VCR format))
(VCRs) began; the VHS became the most popular media format for VCRs as it would win the "format war" against Betamax (backed by Sony) and a number of other...
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DVD (redirect from DVD format)
to end the format war, and on September 15, 1995, agreed to unify with companies backing the Super Density Disc to release a single format, with technologies...
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A JAR ("Java archive") file is a package file format typically used to aggregate many Java class files and associated metadata and resources (text, images...
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earlier, became the main competitor for JVC's VHS format into the 1980s, creating the videotape format war. The Betamax cassette was smaller, with slightly...
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Universal Disk Format (UDF) is an open, vendor-neutral file system for computer data storage for a broad range of media. In practice, it has been most...
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Blu-ray (redirect from BD5 (Blu-ray format))
(Blu-ray Disc or BD) is a digital optical disc data storage format designed to supersede the DVD format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released worldwide...
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Normandy Format (French: Format Normandie), also known as the Normandy contact group, is a grouping of states who met in an effort to resolve the war in Donbas...
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Anamorphic format is the cinematography technique of shooting a widescreen picture on standard 35 mm film or other visual recording media with a non-widescreen...
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console wars, incorporating personified consoles, developers, consumers, and other such figures within the gaming industry. Browser wars Format war Smartphone...
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improve upon and eventually replace the DVD standard. The two formats remained in a format war until February 19, 2008, when Toshiba, HD DVD's creator, announced...
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Memory Stick (section Formats and form factors)
a surrender by Sony of its format war in the memory-card business and the end to further serious development of the format. Despite this, Sony continues...
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HD DVD (category Discontinued media formats)
The format was commercially released in 2006 and fought a protracted format war with rival Blu-ray. On February 19, 2008, Toshiba abandoned the format, announcing...
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Sony (redirect from List of Sony formats)
The company subsequently launched the Betamax format in 1975. Sony was involved in the videotape format war of the early 1980s, when they were marketing...
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Videocassette recorder (section Philips "VCR" format)
(Video Home System), which competed for sales in what became known as the format war. Betamax was first to market in November 1975, and was argued by many...
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Betamax (redirect from Beta (video format))
Betamax is widely considered to be obsolete, having lost the videotape format war which saw its closest rival, VHS, dominate most markets. Though Betamax...
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of file formats used by computers, organized by type. Filename extension is usually noted in parentheses if they differ from the file format's name or...
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distributed using a variety of formats, some of which store additional information. Timeline of audio formats Format war Demetris, Jordan (1990-01-01)...
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Vendor lock-in (redirect from File format lock-in)
Enshittification Format war Free software Hardware restrictions Network effect – the benefit from having a large number of people using an agreed-upon format or vendor...
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De facto standard (section File formats)
in the war of the currents. VHS over Betamax in the videotape format war. Blu-ray and HD DVD during the high definition optical disc format war. Scalable...
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ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. A ZIP file may contain one or more files or directories that may have been compressed...
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interconnection of separate alternating-current systems. Energy portal Format war History of electric power transmission History of electronic engineering...
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Disc) format, later renamed HD DVD, lost a brutal format war with Sony's Blu-ray Disc (BD) format. This format war delayed acceptance of either format, and...
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Flaming (Internet) (redirect from Flame war)
November 2007). "Format war fanboys shut down AVS Forum". CNet. Retrieved 6 July 2014. "'Delete your account': Clinton, Trump in Twitter flame war". SBS News...
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storage Format war Flip-flop (electronics) Fuzzy bit Information Age IOPS Library Magnetic tape Media (communication) Media controls Medium format (film)...
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Single (music) (section 7-inch format)
on each side. The single format was highly influential in pop music and the early days of rock and roll, and it was the format used for jukeboxes and preferred...
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