Korean slang profile
PMP
pmp
Portable multimedia player
An abbreviation for a portable device that plays multimedia content such as video and music.
- Expanded form
- Portable Multimedia PlayerPortable Multimedia Player
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2008
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
통학길에 PMP로 저장해 둔 강의를 봤다.
I watched stored lectures on my PMP while commuting to school.
02Documented history
- 2008-10-13The usage context and meaning of “PMP” can be found in ‘PMP’ 성장곡선 한풀 꺾였다 (전자신문).[1]
03Origin & word formation
A shortened or abbreviated form of “Portable Multimedia Player”. The explanation of a portable multimedia device in a 2008 article and the English expanded form in a published 2010 patent were checked separately. The filing date 2008-12-15 was distinguished from the publication date 2010-06-24. Its use and explanation in these sources were checked; the actual first namer and date of coinage have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation of a portable multimedia device in a 2008 article and the English expanded form in a published 2010 patent were checked separately. The filing date 2008-12-15 was distinguished from the publication date 2010-06-24. Independent uses of PMP on pages 369 and 377 of the 2008 『국가정보화백서』 were also compared; the verified date was recorded at the precision of the white paper’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- ‘PMP’ 성장곡선 한풀 꺾였다 (전자신문)Published Oct 13, 2008Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
- KR20100068533A: 안테나 겸용 PMP 받침대 (공개특허 원문)Published Jun 24, 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026
- 2008 국가정보화백서 (한국정보사회진흥원)Published 2008Original source checked Nov 14, 2026