E-movie

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A film stored digitally and distributed via the Internet.

    "Of course, all of this begs the question: What will the Internet become? For one thing, it may actually become smaller and more focused. Focused on what? Maybe on what it already does best: communicate. In fact, we could see video e-mail emerge long before e-movies become practical, thanks to innovations like the cable modem."

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"Of course, all of this begs the question: What will the Internet become? For one thing, it may actually become smaller and more focused. Focused on what? Maybe on what it already does best: communicate. In fact, we could see video e-mail emerge long before e-movies become practical, thanks to innovations like the cable modem."

Etymology

From e- + movie.

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