regional lockout

noun

The programming practice, code, or chip used to prevent the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device.

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Meanings

nounregional lockout (countable and uncountable, plural regional lockouts)

plural regional lockouts

  1. countableuncountableDVDThe programming practice, code, or chip used to prevent the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device.

Origin

Coined by the video game community and opponents of the lockout practice. The practice originated with and was devised by the video game industry and was later adopted by the film industry with the advent of DVDs.

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Translations

Chinese 地方停工
  • 地方停工 (defang ting-gong)prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
Dutch regionale uitsluiting
  • regionale uitsluitingprevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
French verrouillage régional, codage régional
  • verrouillage régionalprevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
  • codage régionalprevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
German regionale Aussperrung
  • regionale Aussperrungprevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
Greek περιφερειακή ανταπεργία
  • περιφερειακή ανταπεργία (perifereiakí antapergía)prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
Italian bloccaggio regionale, codifica regionale
  • bloccaggio regionaleprevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
  • codifica regionaleprevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
Japanese 地方閉鎖
  • 地方閉鎖 (chihōheisa)prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
Korean 지역 차단
  • 지역 차단 (jiyeok chadan)prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
Polish blokada regionalna
  • blokada regionalnaprevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
Russian регионарное замыка́ние, регионарное зашифрование
  • регионарное замыка́ние (regionarnoje zamykánije)prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
  • регионарное зашифрование (regionarnoje zašifrovanije)prevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
Spanish cierre regional, codificación regional
  • cierre regionalprevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
  • codificación regionalprevents the playing of imported media on a domestically marketed device
Cite this entry
APA

regional lockout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regional%20lockout

MLA

“regional lockout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regional%20lockout. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “regional lockout,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regional%20lockout.

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