regional lockout
English
editEtymology
editCoined 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.
Noun
editregional lockout (countable and uncountable, plural regional lockouts)
- (video games, DVD) The programming practice, code, or chip used to prevent the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device.
Related terms
editTranslations
editprevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
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Further reading
edit- regional lockout on Wikipedia.Wikipedia