A portable electronic device that combines a video camera and video recorder, used to capture and store moving images and sound.
Portmanteau word combining 'camera' and 'recorder,' coined in the 1980s when technology allowed these previously separate functions to be integrated into one device.
Camcorder is a perfect example of how new technology creates new words - it's a blend that captured the revolutionary idea of putting camera and recorder together. These portmanteau tech words often outlast the specific devices they named.
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