"book type" meaning in English

See book type in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: book types [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} book type (plural book types)
  1. (computing) A field of four bits at the beginning of a DVD indicating the physical format of the disc.

Inflected forms

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