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time code

time code noun: a numeric code generated at regular intervals by a timing system, often for video synchronization.

Noun

time code (plural time codes)

  1. A numeric code generated at regular intervals by a timing system, often for video synchronization.
    • A DigiSlate can be set to display either SMPTE or internal (real time) time code.2010, Richard W. Kroon, A/V A to Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Media, Entertainment and Other Audiovisual Terms, page 207

Forms of time code

pluraltime codes
alternative formtimecode

Words formed from time code

  • AES-EBU embedded timecode
  • burnt-in timecode
  • CTL timecode
  • inter-range instrumentation group time code
  • IRIG time code
  • linear timecode
  • MIDI timecode
  • rewritable consumer timecode
  • time code ambiguity
  • time code generator
  • time code reader
  • vertical interval timecode

Questions about time code

What does time code mean?
Time code means a numeric code generated at regular intervals by a timing system, often for video synchronization.
What part of speech is time code?
Time code is a noun.
What is the plural of time code?
The plural of time code is time codes.

Words near time code in the dictionary

  1. time checks
  2. time clause
  3. time clauses
  4. time clock
  5. time clocks
  6. time code
  7. time codes
  8. Time Complex Simulator
  9. time complexities
  10. time complexity
  11. time compression

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