[v. ree-pley; n. ree-pley] 
| 1. | to play again, as a record or tape. |
| 2. | an act or instance of replaying. |
| 3. | a repetition of all or part of a broadcast or of the playing of a phonograph record, videocassette, etc. |
| 4. | instant replay. |
| 5. | a rematch. |
| 6. | Informal. a repetition, recurrence, or reenactment: The recession could be a replay of the Great Depression. |
| re·play (rē-plā') tr.v. re·played, re·play·ing, re·plays To play over again: replay a tennis match; replay a tape; replay history. n. (rē'plā')
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Replay
Acorn Computers' full-motion video system written by Roger Wilson. Video and sound information are stored in compressed form. Compression is relatively slow but decompression is done in real-time with quality and frame-rate varying with the processing power available, the size of the picture and whether it appears in a window or uses the whole screen.
(1994-11-09)
