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re⋅play

[v. ree-pley; n. ree-pley]
–verb (used with object)
1. to play again, as a record or tape.
–noun
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.

Origin:
1880–85; re- + play
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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')
  1. The act or process of replaying.

  2. Something replayed.

  3. An instant replay.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

replay  (v.)
1884, in sporting jargon, from re- "back, again" + play (v.). Of recordings, attested from 1922. The noun is from 1895.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

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)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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