"RRoD" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: RRoDs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} RRoD (plural RRoDs)
  1. (video games) Initialism of red ring of death. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: red ring of death Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-RRoD-en-noun-iJjIWSrO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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