Betamax
Meanings
Proper Noun
- A home videocassette recording format, now known for having lost the format war to VHS.
Verb
- To make obsolete.
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Origin
- According to Sony, the name had a double meaning: beta is the Japanese word used to describe the way in which signals are recorded on the tape; and the shape of the Greek letter beta β resembles the course of the tape through the transport. The suffix -max, from maximum, was added to suggest greatness.
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