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Utube is a term that may refer to several different things, typically used as a shorthand or misspelling of YouTube, the dominant video-sharing platform launched in 2005 and acquired by Google in 2006. In this usage, Utube usually denotes the same concept—a site for uploading, viewing, and sharing videos—though the spelling is nonstandard and not official.

Branding and products circles sometimes adopt the stylization "UTube" as a deliberate variant to avoid direct

Cultural and fictional contexts also feature Utube as a fictional video-sharing platform or as a placeholder

Other uses of the term string exist outside digital media. For example, in science and engineering, “U-tube”

See also: YouTube, U-tube (manometer).

association
with
the
YouTube
trademark
or
as
a
homage.
Such
uses
are
generally
non-official
and
are
not
connected
to
Google’s
platform.
In
some
cases,
small
services,
fan
projects,
or
educational
tools
may
employ
the
name
to
indicate
video
content
in
a
generic
sense
rather
than
as
a
branded
platform.
name
in
literature,
film,
or
games
when
discussing
digital
media
without
naming
a
real
service.
These
usages
are
typically
fictional
or
illustrative
and
not
linked
to
a
real-world
site.
(with
a
hyphen)
refers
to
a
U-shaped
tube
used
in
devices
such
as
manometers.
This
spelling
variation
is
unrelated
to
any
video
platform
but
can
appear
in
technical
writing.