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ＤＶＤ-ＲＡＭ (ディー・ブイ・ディー・ラム) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ＤＶＤ-ＲＡＭ

also: ディーブイディーラム

Meanings

1

noun

DVD-RAM; DVD Random Access Memory

computing

A rewritable DVD format used mainly for data storage and recording; a computing term.

このＤＶＤ-ＲＡＭは何なん度どでも書かき換かえができます。
This DVD-RAM can be rewritten many times.

Written forms

ＤＶＤ-ＲＡＭ
Standard full-width alphanumeric spelling with hyphen.
ＤＶＤＲＡＭ
Variant without hyphen; less common but still seen.

Similar words

ＤＶＤ-ＲＷ
DVD-RW is another rewritable DVD format, but DVD-RAM has faster random access and is often used in video recorders and data backup.
ＤＶＤ-Ｒ
DVD-R is a write-once format, unlike the rewritable DVD-RAM.

Etymology

From English 'DVD Random Access Memory', abbreviated as DVD-RAM.