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VLC
(1) (VideoLAN Client) Open source media player software that is part of VideoLAN, an academic project for streaming video that began in Paris in the mid-1990s. VLC runs under all popular...
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Definition: VLC
(1) (VideoLAN Client) Open source media player software that is part of VideoLAN, an academic project for streaming video that began in Paris in the mid-1990s. VLC runs under all popular operating systems and supports a wide variety of video formats. For more information, visit www.videolan.org/vlc.
(2) (Visible Light Communication) See Li-Fi.
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