A button found in all media players that allows the user to play the music file or watch a video file. The play button is often a single triangle that is pointing to the right. The image is an example of the Windows Media Player play button, highlighted in blue.

Button, CD terms, Media player, Pause, Play To, Skip, Video terms

On many software programs and online services, you can press the Spacebar on your keyboard to play and pause a video or song without using your mouse.

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