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regional lockout

noun

Etymology

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.

Definitions

  1. The programming practice, code, or chip used to prevent the playing of imported media on…

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for regional lockout. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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