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• VAS: The volume of air that offers the same degree of restoring force on the loudspeaker driver's cone as that of the cone's suspension.
• VCR: See Video Cassette Recorder.
• VCR Plus: VCR feature that, once programmed, allows the user to input the TV guide code for a given program into the VCR, which then automatically sets itself to record that program.
• Vented: See Port or Passive Radiator.
• VHS: Vertical Helical Scan (or as JCV calls it, "Video Home System"). Widely used method of recording audio and video electrical signals onto magnetic tape.
• Video Cassette Recorder: Device that records audio and video electrical signals onto magnetic tape (aka videotape recorder).
• Volt: The unit of electrical potential, or difference in electrical pressure, expressing the difference between two electrical charges.