fast forwardn.adj.
/ˌfɑːs(t) ˈfɔːwəd/, /ˌfas(t) ˈfɔːwəd/, U.S. /ˌfæs(t) ˈfɔrwərd/ A. n.
The function or mode of a tape player, video recorder, digital media player, etc., that allows a user to rapidly advance the playback of an audio or video recording; the control used to initiate this; the process of advancing a recording in this way. Also in extended use.
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society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [noun] > instruction
command1946
function1946
fast forward1947
instruction1947
threshold function1947
statement1957
mips1973
society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun] > playback equipment > specific facility
fast forward1947
edit1953
pause button1957
pause control1957
freeze-frame1961
pause1965
review1969
slo-mo1969
auto-fade1977
cue1978
1947 Jrnl. Soc. Motion Picture Engineers 48 4 For fast forward and fast rewind, the tape is removed from the capstan.
1955 Wireless World July 335 (caption) Main control knob with seven positions:—(1) ‘off’, (2) amplifier only, (3) fast forward, (4) fast rewind.
1983 Listener 13 Jan. 34/2 Some car tape-players offer rewind and fast forward, like a domestic tape-deck.
2009 Guardian 6 July (G2 section) 5/1 Many ads now contain bold captions that you can see even on fast forward.
2012 Independent 22 June 17/1 Even before the crash, work was becoming less secure—but it is as though someone has hit fast-forward on the process.
B. adj.
Designating a function, mode, or control of a tape player, video recorder, digital media player, etc., that allows a user to rapidly advance the playback of an audio or video recording. Also in extended use: rapid, that advances quickly.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [adjective] > playback equipment > specific facility
fast forward1948
cueing1958
freeze-frame1961
slo-mo1969
1948 Audio Engin. Oct. 15/3 Very high rewind and fast-forward modes of operation have been provided.
1984 W. Gibson Neuromancer (1989) i. i. 7 Night City was like a deranged experiment in social Darwinism, designed by a bored researcher who kept one thumb permanently on the fast-forward button.
1993 N.Y. Times 26 Sept. i. 32/2 Hillary Rodham Clinton's presentation of the Administration's health care plan to five Congressional committees in three days next week will be a fast-forward preview of the legislative path the program itself must follow sluggishly for many months.
2001 Premiere Apr. 64/2 [The press puts] your life in fast-forward motion... They make things happen in the pages before they actually happen in your own life.
2019 R. Peck & T. Short Statistics (ed. 2) vii. 397/1 Physical responses (such as respiratory rate and heart rate) were recorded while watching commercials at normal speed and while watching commercials at fast-forward speed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
fast forwardv.
/ˌfɑːs(t) ˈfɔːwəd/, /ˌfas(t) ˈfɔːwəd/, U.S. /ˌfæs(t) ˈfɔrwərd/ 1. transitive. To rapidly advance (a tape, or the playback of an audio or video recording) by using the fast forward facility on a tape player, video recorder, digital media player, etc. Also intransitive, frequently with through.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > record [verb (intransitive)] > use fast-forward facility
fast forward1965
zap1983
society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > record [verb (transitive)] > use specific facility
preview1957
fast forward1965
pause1973
freeze-frame1983
1965 Hifi/Stereo Rev. 14 46 Separate motors for rewinding and fast-forwarding tape.
1974 Stereo Rev. Mar. 71/2 To return to a specific point on the tape you must fast-forward along through the entire loop.
1985 Marxism Today May 34/1 People with the technology use it to avoid commercial breaks..by fast-forwarding material recorded off-air.
2014 D. Gorman Too Much Information (2015) viii. 62 We'll often pause the TV for ten minutes at the start because that means we'll be able to fast forward through the ads later.
2. transitive. figurative. To move (someone or something) quickly forward to a later point in time; to speed up (a process), as though on a video. Also intransitive: to move quickly forward through time.
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1982 Women's Sports July 27/2 Then she comes to 1973 and it's almost as if she has fast-forwarded everything up to this point—now she wants to push the ‘play’ button and relive every minute.
1992 D. Seymour & T. Seymour America's Best Classrooms xi. 78 Fast forward three decades to a performing arts class in Chicago.
2010 Daily Tel. 16 Mar. 22/7 I think this is the way to go to fast-forward your search... You could find a whole new direction and banish your loneliness for ever.
2019 Guardian (Nexis) 8 Mar. Why is so much TV jumping through time?..From Deutschland 86 to The Crown, shows are fast-forwarding through the recent past to keep us on our toes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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