DRM

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A form of digital rights management — A set of access control technologies that restrict the use of proprietary hardware and digital files by an end user, so as to enforce copyright restrictions.

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Meanings

nounDRM (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountablemediaInitialism of digital rights management.

    The problem for e-marketing is that the use of DRM in its most restrictive manner limits the value and use of purchased goods (maximum numbers of reinstalls, limited numbers of redownloads of the software).

    2011, Stephen Dann, Susan Dann, E-Marketing: Theory and Application
    1. abbreviationderogatoryinitialismuncountablemediaInitialism of digital restrictions management (“digital handcuffs”) (seen as undesirably restrictive).
  2. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of disaster risk management.

    Synonyms: DRR

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
digital rights management

Translations

German DRM
  • DRMTranslations
Norwegian Bokmål DRA, DRM
  • DRATranslations
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Swedish DRM
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Turkish DRM
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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

RDM
Cite this entry
APA

DRM. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DRM

MLA

“DRM.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DRM. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “DRM,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DRM.

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