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 class loader'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 two optical disc standards for distributing high-definition video: Blu-ray...
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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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The Normandy Format (French: Format Normandie), also known as the Normandy contact group or Normandy Four, was a grouping of states who met between 2014...
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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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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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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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Betamax (redirect from Beta (video format))
analog video recording and cassette format developed by Sony. It was one of the main competitors in the videotape format war against its primary rival, VHS...
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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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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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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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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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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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DVD-Audio (section Format variants)
delivery format. The standard was published in March 1999 and the first discs entered the marketplace in 2000. DVD-Audio was in a format war with Super...
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announcement to discontinue all HD DVD players and effectively end the format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD. Two days later, the price of the HD DVD Player...
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CD-ROM (section CD-ROM format)
software or digital video) is only usable on a computer (such as ISO 9660 format PC CD-ROMs). During the 1990s and early 2000s, CD-ROMs were popularly used...
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Console wars Format wars Smartphone wars Browser wars Tar derby Kim Bhasin (January 1, 2013). "COKE VS. PEPSI: The Story Behind The Neverending 'Cola Wars'"...
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JVC HR-3300 (section Format war)
Rickmaybury.com. 1976-09-07. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-07-11. "The Format War," Video Magazine, April 1988, pp. 50-54....
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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)
VHS (Video Home System), 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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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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tapes when VHS won the format war late in the decade. In the 2000s, video rental stores began renting DVDs, a digital format with higher resolution than...
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Memory card (redirect from List of flash memory card formats)
offered with an additional SD-Card slot beginning in 2010. Effectively the format war has turned in SD-Card's favor. Secure Digital card (SD) MiniSD card with...
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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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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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Vendor lock-in (redirect from File format lock-in)
Enshittification Format war Free software Network effect – the benefit from having a large number of people using an agreed-upon format or vendor Path dependence...
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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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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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