Dictionary

regional lockout en · 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.

Meanings

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

Forms

Relateds

region-free · region-locked · regional converter

Translations (15)

ru регионарное зашифрование (prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device) · ko 지역 차단 (prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device) · nl regionale uitsluiting (prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device) · it codifica regionale (prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device) · es codificación regional (prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device) · it bloccaggio regionale (prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device) · es cierre regional (prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device) · ja 地方閉鎖 (prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device) · zh 地方停工 (prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device) · de regionale Aussperrung (prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device) · el περιφερειακή ανταπεργία (prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device) · pl blokada regionalna (prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device) · fr codage régional (prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device) · ru регионарное замыка́ние (prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device) · fr verrouillage régional (prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device)