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Text which can be displayed on a television or other video screen with suitable equipment, usually a transcription or description of audio material.See Also: closed captioning, open caption
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closed caption — closed caption, a television caption for the deaf and hard of hearing that is made visible by a special decoding device attached to or built into the television set: »The programs are to be encoded with what are called “closed” captions subtitles … Useful english dictionary
Closed Caption — En breves palabras el sistema closed caption son subtitulos para que los sordos la entiendan Símbolo del sistema Closed Caption . Closed Caption (subtitulado oculto o subtítulado no incrustado[1] ) es el nombre en inglés del sistema de subtítulos … Wikipedia Español
closed caption — chiefly N. Amer. noun one of a series of subtitles to a television programme, accessible through a decoder. verb (closed caption) [usu. as noun closed captioning] provide (a programme) with closed captions. Derivatives closed captioned adjective … English new terms dictionary
Closed caption — PP Closed captions or subtitles allow a textual representation of a film to be displayed alongside it. Useful for the hearing impaired, foreign language films and people in noisy environments … Audio and video glossary
closed-caption — … Useful english dictionary
Closed captioning — Jack Foley created the CC in a TV symbol while senior graphic designer at WGBH. Closed captioning is the process of displaying text on a television, video screen or other visual display to provide additional or interpretive information to… … Wikipedia
Closed Captioning — Herstellung von Teletext Untertiteln Untertitel bezeichnen Textzeilen, die in einem Film oder einem Fernsehbild meist am unteren Rand eingeblendet werden, um gesprochene Inhalte aus einer Fremdsprache zu übersetzen oder sie für Hörgeschädigte… … Deutsch Wikipedia
closed-captioning — noun provide (a programme) with closed captions. → closed caption … English new terms dictionary
Caption — may refer to: *Caption (comics convention), a small press and independent comic convention held annually in Oxford, England *Closed captioning, used to provide the text of a show s audio portion to those who may have trouble hearing it *To see… … Wikipedia
caption — the descriptive, printed line(s) of text that occasionally appears on the screen, usually at the bottom of the frame, to describe the time/place, or to translate a foreign word/phrase; different from closed captioning (closed captions are all… … Glossary of cinematic terms
