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• very high frequency (VHF or V)

Frequencies from 54 to 216 MHz.

• Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT)

A Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT), is a two-way satellite ground station with a dish antenna that is smaller than 3 meters.

• video

The visual portion of a broadcast or film; a synonym for television; short for videotape.

• Video Home System (VHS)

A type of 1/2 inch video format different from Beta format. VHS-C, or VHS-Compact is smaller for camcorders. Super VHS (S-VHS) provides a sharper picture. videotape Magnetic tape for recording sound and picture. Requires a videotape machine such as a videocassette recorder (VCR) for showing on a TV set. The most common width of the tape is 1/2 inch. A videocassette is a videotape recording contained in a cassette; a videodisc is a recording on a record or disc for playback on videodisc players in homes.