VLC waxaa loo isticmaalaa in ay u taagan tahay "VideoLAN Client" marka VLC ahaa macmiilka ah ee mashruuca VideoLAN. Laakiin tan iyo VLC ma aha oo kaliya macmiilka ah, in initialism mar dambe ma khuseeyo. Waxaa loogu tala galay in ay ka kooban tahay macmiilka iyo server si ay u sii qulquli videos ka saxan satellite oo dhan shabakad campus. Asal ahaan horumariyo by ardayda ee École Centrale Paris, waxaa hadda horumariyo by ka qaybgalayaasha adduunka oo dhan iyo waxaa isku dubarido by VideoLAN, urur aan faa'iido doon ahayn. dib loo qoray ka xoq 1998, waxaa la sii daayay hoos GNU General Public License on February 1, 2001, iyadoo oggolaansho ka maamulaha dugsiga ee École Centrale Paris.
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