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media player
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media player

(1) Software that "plays" audio, video or animation files. In the Windows world, Windows Media Player is the default player from Microsoft, but RealPlayer, iTunes and other software is also widely used. QuickTime Player and iTunes are the media players for the Mac that come from Apple. Most media players are also digital jukeboxes that organize a user's music collection, and they may also include Internet radio. See digital jukebox, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, QuickTime and iTunes.

When the word "portable" is used with "media player," it refers to a handheld device (see portable media player).

(2) (Media Player) The first Windows multimedia utility that played sound and video files back in the days of Windows 3.x. It was superseded by Windows Media Player. See Windows Media Player.



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