playback

[ pley-bak ]

/ ˈpleɪˌbæk /

the act of reproducing a sound or video recording, especially in order to check a recording that is newly made.

(in a recording device) the apparatus used in producing playbacks.

the recording so played, especially the first time it is heard or viewed after being recorded.

the response to a suggestion, act, product, venture, etc.; feedback: The playback on the speech has been very favorable.

Origin of playback

First recorded in 1925–30; noun use of verb phrase play back

It was one of those moments that we all watched on playback and went, “Ahhh!”

Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington on Jon Snow’s Heroism and Loss in the Battle of Castle Black |Marlow Stern |June 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Use of a wire recorder or a platter, so that one can get a playback after talking, is an aid to self-criticism.

The Armed Forces Officer |U. S. Department of Defense
Shakily, he removed his headband and snapped the playback off.

Indirection |Everett B. Cole
She crossed the room to the ComWeb stand and switched on the playback.

Lion Loose |James H. Schmitz

He shuddered when he passed the room where Brion was listening to a playback of his Disan efforts.

Planet of the Damned |Harry Harrison
Finally, he selected one of the smaller reels and started to thread it into the playback.

Indirection |Everett B. Cole

playback

/ (ˈpleɪˌbæk) /

the act or process of reproducing a recording, esp on magnetic tape

the part of a tape recorder serving to reproduce or used for reproducing recorded material

(modifier) of or relating to the reproduction of signals from a recording the playback head of a tape recorder

to reproduce (recorded material) on (a magnetic tape) by means of a tape recorder