Vokabelliste: DVDs
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| die Anwendung, -en; anwenden, wandte an, hat angewandt | application [as in “software application” or application of a concept]; to apply [a concept/method/procedure] [job application: die Bewerbung, sich bewerben] |
| der Speicher, -; speichern; die Speicherung |
storage [referring to the space used], memory; to store; storage [referring to the act of storing something] |
| wiederbeschreibbar | rewritable |
| ab•spielen | to play (CDs, DVDs, mp3s etc.) |
| ab•tasten | to scan (e.g. using electromagnetic or particle rays; literally means “to search by means of the sense of touch”) |
| die Geschwindigkeit, -en | speed, velocity |
| die Abmessungen (Pl.); die Maße (Pl.) | dimensions, measurements |
| der Abstand, -¨e | distance, interval [used for shorter distances, e.g. between molecules, people, cars; use “Entfernung” for longer distances, e.g. between cities, galaxies] |
| die Spur, -en | path (used for paths that one could imagine “tracing” with e.g. a pen, or by following tracks, not for regular paths e.g. in a forest–for that, use “der Weg” or “der Pfad”), trace (i.e. something that indicates that someone or something “was there”) |
| die Ebene, -n | plane (as in “plane surface” in Math [surface (of an object) = die Oberfläche]), (conceptual) level, plain (expanse of flat land) |
| die Scheibe, -n | disc [also means: slice; pane of glass] |
| streuen | to scatter (light, seeds, salt etc.) |
| dicht; die Dichte | dense (also means: “-tight” as in watertight/airtight); density |
| durchsichtig | transparent |
| der Kopierschutz; schützen | copy protection; to protect |
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vielseitig (most common uses:
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versatile (most common uses:
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| verwenden | benutzen |
| künftig | future (developments, expenditures, models, prime minister etc.); in future |
| bieten, bot, hat geboten | to offer, to provide [also means: to bid] |
| entsprechen, er/sie/es/they entspricht, entsprach, hat entsprochen; entsprechend | to correspond to; corresponding(ly) (also means: in accordance with, accordingly) |
| sowie | as well as |
| vermeiden, vermied, hat vermieden | to avoid |
| aktuell | current [NOTE: “actual” = “eigentlich”] |
NICHT IM QUIZ:
| umfangreich | extensive |
| die Auslöschung, -en | cancellation [through destructive interference], obliteration |
| der Übergang, -¨e | transition |
| das hochauflösende Fernsehen | HDTV (high resolution television) |
| nachgeschaltet | refers to the “next” component in a series of components |
| die Ableseeinheit, -en | “reader unit” |
| die Auswerteelektronik | “auswerten” = to evaluate/interpret data ==> this is an electronic system that reconstructs the images based on the digital data stream |
| das Abspielgerät, -e | player (for CDs, DVDs, mp3s etc.) |
| die Oberfläche, -n | surface |
| wahlweise | as desired; optionally |
| bei der Aufnahme | during recording |
| die Richtlinie, -n | guideline |
| die Fehlerkennung | error code |
| Angaben über | data/details about |
| der Bereich, -e | region, area, sector (as in compartment/department; not in the geographic sense) |
| der Discaufbau | the disc structure |
| hintereinander angeordnet | arranged in sequence |
| in weiteren 16 Zeilen | in 16 additional lines |
| zusammengehörend | belonging together |
| nach einem ganz bestimmten Algorithmus | according to a very specific algorithm |
| zudem | in addition |
| auf*nehmen, er/sie/es/they nimmt auf, nahm auf, hat aufgenommen | to record (music, pictures) |