Valve

Portal game developer

Valve is an American video game company founded in 1996, known for creating the Steam digital distribution platform and games like Half-Life and Portal.

The company is influential in PC gaming culture: Valve announced a new game at the conference. (Lowercase valve is a flow-control device.)

company

Steam

Digital game distribution service

Half-LifeValve's landmark FPS series
GabeMasculine name, informal
SourcePoint of origin

Dota · Counter-Strike · Index · VR · Bellevue

Categories

Tech CompaniesGoogle, Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Intel

Opposites

mechanical function

Valvepump

Fluid-moving machine

free passage · compressor · nozzle · spigot

gaming industry - business model

ValveNintendo

Japanese video game company

Sony · Microsoft · Xbox · PlayStation · console gaming

anatomical function

Valveheart

Circulatory system's pump

ventricle · pump · artery · atrium

Phrases

valve replacementInstalling new heart flap
mitral valveLeft heart's one-way door
shutoff valvesControls that stop flow
safety valveAutomatic pressure-limiting device
heart valveOne-way cardiac flap
control valvesDevices regulating fluid flow

Family

valves, bivalve, valved, bivalves, valveless

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G