Wiktionary
n. 1 (context computing English) a software application for the playback of audio and video files. 2 (context computing English) a hardware device that performs the same function, often also acting as a data storage device
Wikipedia
A media player is a computer program for playing multimedia files like videos movies and music. Media players display standard media control icons known from physical devices such as tape recorders and CD players, such as play ( ), pause ( ), fastforward, backforward, and stop ( ) buttons.
Mainstream operating systems have at least one built-in media player. For example, Windows comes with Windows Media Player while OS X comes with QuickTime Player. Linux distributions may also come with a media players, such as SMPlayer, Amarok, Audacious, Banshee, MPlayer, Rhythmbox, Totem, VLC, and xine.
A media player could refer to:
- Media player (software), software that plays digital media
- Digital media player, home appliances that play digital media
- Portable media player, portable hardware that play digital media
Usage examples of "media player".
If your system has a Windows Media Player-compatible DVD decoder application installed, you can watch DVDs in Media Player as well as in the decoder's own interface.
He didn't even glance up from the screen on his media player card.
The Media Player rectangle with its buttons and keys vanished into the gray beneath Mark’.