FMV

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
full-motion video
FMV

   (FMV) Any system used to deliver moving video images and sound
   on a computer.  Video images and sound are stored on disk;
   {compact disc} is preferred because of the amount of data
   required.  Some form of {video compression} is used to reduce
   the amount of data and to allow it to be read from disk
   quickly enough.  Compression can be relatively slow but
   decompression is done in {real-time} with the picture quality
   and {frame rate} varying with the processing power available,
   the size of the picture and whether it appears in a {window}
   or uses the whole screen.

   {Acorn Computers}' system is called {Replay} and {Apple
   Computer}'s is {QuickTime}.

   Compare {MPEG}, {H.261}.

   [IBM PC equivalent?  Do they all use compression?  Web page?]

   (1994-11-09)