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| Noun | 1. United States electrical engineer who devised the Dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording.[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "Dolby" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
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| David C. Dolby | David Charles Dolby (born 14 May 1946 in Norristown, Pa.) was a soldier in the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on 21 May 1966 while serving with the 1st Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War. (references) | ||
| Dolby Digital Plus | Dolby Digital Plus, (DD+), was developed specifically for the introduction of HDTV and HD-DVD/Blu-ray discs. The codec supports coded-bitstream rates up to 6.144 Mbit/s, compared to 640 Kbit/s for the original Dolby Digital AC-3. (references) | ||
| Dolby E | Dolby E is a digital audio technology optimized for the distribution of surround and multichannel audio through digital two-channel postproduction and broadcasting infrastructures. (references) | ||
| Dolby Pro Logic | Dolby Pro Logic is a surround sound processing technology designed to decode soundtracks encoded with Dolby Surround. Dolby Surround was originally developed by Dolby Laboratories in 1976 for analog cinema sound systems as Dolby Analog SR (Spectral Recording). The Analog SR format was adapted for home use in 1986 as Dolby Surround which was then replaced by the newer and improved Pro Logic system. However, the term "Dolby Surround" is still used to describe the encoding technology or matrix-encoded soundtrack, whereas Pro Logic is the decoding technology/processor. (references) | ||
| Dolby Stereo | Dolby Stereo (or Dolby Analog) was the original analog optical technology developed by Dolby Laboratories for 35 mm prints in 1976. (references) | ||
| Ray Dolby | Ray Dolby (born January 18, 1933) is the American inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby Sound. He is the founder and chairman of Dolby Laboratories, and a billionaire. (references) | ||
| Ray M. Dolby | United States electrical engineer who devised the Dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Wilfred Dolby Fuller | Wilfred Dolby Fuller was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Dolby Digital | Electrical Engineering | A system for coding up to 5. 1 channels of audio into a low bit rate data stream. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: Dolby | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Dolby Digital | 49 | 2 Litre Dolby | 4 | |
| Thomas Dolby | 24 | David C. Dolby | 8 | |
| Dolby Digital Plus | 24 | Dolby (alternative meanings) | 2 | |
| Dolby Laboratories | 23 | Dolby Digital | 49 | |
| Dolby TrueHD | 19 | Dolby Digital Plus | 24 | |
| Dolby Pro Logic | 16 | Dolby E | 3 | |
| Dolby noise reduction system | 14 | Dolby Laboratories | 23 | |
| Dolby Stereo | 9 | Dolby noise reduction system | 14 | |
| Ray Dolby | 9 | Dolby Pro Logic | 16 | |
| David C. Dolby | 8 | Dolby SR | 4 | |
| Dolby Surround | 6 | Dolby Stereo | 9 | |
| Wilfred Dolby Fuller | 5 | Dolby Surround | 6 | |
| Dolby SR | 4 | Dolby TrueHD | 19 | |
| 2 Litre Dolby | 4 | Ray Dolby | 9 | |
| Tom Dolby | 4 | Thomas Dolby | 24 | |
| Dolby E | 3 | Tom Dolby | 4 | |
| Dolby (alternative meanings) | 2 | Wilfred Dolby Fuller | 5 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | مبين دولبى ان ار (Dolby nr indicator). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | مبين دولبى ان ار (Dolby nr indicator). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | مبين دولبى ان ار (Dolby nr indicator). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bahasa Malaysia | Dolby (Dolby). Additional references: Bahasa Malaysia, Malaysia, Brunei, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bahasa Malayu | Dolby (Dolby). Additional references: Bahasa Malayu, Malaysia, Brunei, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 杜比 (Dolby). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | Dolbysystem (dolby). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | dolby (dolby, Dolby system, Dolby Laboratories). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | dolby (dolby, Dolby system, Dolby Laboratories). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | Dolbysystem (dolby). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguk Mal | 돌비 (dolby), 돌비방식 (Dolby system). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguohua | 돌비 (dolby), 돌비방식 (Dolby system). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hebrew | מעגלים אלקטרוניים מיוחדים שתפקידם להפחית את הרעש בהקלטות (Dolby). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | مبين دولبى ان ار (Dolby nr indicator). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | Dolbysystem (dolby). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | Dolbysystem (dolby). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ivrit | מעגלים אלקטרוניים מיוחדים שתפקידם להפחית את הרעש בהקלטות (Dolby). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | ドルビー (Dolby), ドルビー方式の (Dolby), ドルビー方式 (Dolby), ドルビーサラウンド (Dolby surround, Dolby), ドルビーノイズリダクションシステム (Dolby noise reduction system), ドルビーラボラトリーズ (Dolby Laboratories), ドルビーデジタル (Dolby Digital). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Korean | 돌비 (dolby), 돌비방식 (Dolby system). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Malay | Dolby (Dolby). Additional references: Malay, Malaysia, Brunei, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Malayu | Dolby (Dolby). Additional references: Malayu, Malaysia, Brunei, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Melaju | Dolby (Dolby). Additional references: Melaju, Malaysia, Brunei, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Melayu | Dolby (Dolby). Additional references: Melayu, Malaysia, Brunei, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Serbian (transliteration) | potiskivanje šuma (Dolby). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Standard Malay | Dolby (Dolby). Additional references: Standard Malay, Malaysia, Brunei, Dolby. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
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| Language | Translations for “Dolby” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | Dathagolbyathag (Dolby). Additional references: Athag, Dolby. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | Dagolbyag (Dolby). Additional references: Double Dutch, Dolby. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | [)¤1|3'/ (Dolby). Additional references: Leet, Dolby. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | Dopolbyop (Dolby). Additional references: Oppish, Dolby. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | Olbyday (Dolby). Additional references: Pig Latin, Dolby. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | potiykiv (Dolby). Additional references: Terran B, Dolby. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | Dubolbyub (Dolby). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Dolby. (volunteer) | |||
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