av
/ˌeɪˈviː/
noun
- Short for audiovisual, referring to equipment or media that use both sound and images.
- He works as an AV technician, setting up projectors and microphones for events.
- The school installed new AV equipment in every classroom.
- The conference room has a full AV system for presentations.
- Short for antivirus, a software program designed to protect a computer from malware.
- Make sure your AV software is updated to protect against new threats.
- I ran an AV scan on my laptop after downloading that file.
- Most computers come with a free trial of a popular AV program.
- Short for alternative vote, a voting system where voters rank candidates in order of preference.
- Under AV, if no candidate gets more than half the first-choice votes, the lowest candidate is eliminated.
- The election used the AV system to ensure a majority winner.
- Some countries have adopted AV for their parliamentary elections.
adjective
- Relating to audiovisual technology or media.
- The AV department handles all the sound and video for the theater.
- The AV cables need to be connected to the projector.
- She bought an AV receiver for her home entertainment system.