vid

Vid is a common shorthand for video, derived from the English word video. It appears in informal writing, chat, social media, and in file naming, as a compact stand-in for a video. In captions and hashtags, people may use vid to refer to short clips or to label video posts, as in “new vid” or “watch this vid.” In content management, vid is used as a neutral prefix or token to designate video assets without repeating the word video.

In technology and computing, VID is often an acronym for Vendor ID. In USB and PCI device descriptors, the vendor ID is a 16‑bit number assigned by the USB Implementers Forum to identify the device manufacturer; the PID (product ID) further identifies the specific product. Together, VID and PID help ensure correct driver and device recognition in modern systems.

On streaming platforms and websites, vid may appear in URLs or internal identifiers as a shorthand for a video asset (for example, as a video id parameter). Although widely understood, such usage varies by service and is not a formal standard.

See also: video, video file, video streaming, USB Vendor ID.