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The looping of a subsection of audio or video material.
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(radio, informal) An announcement at the end of a broadcast item and relating back to that item.
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(broadcasting) A brief statement or synopsis identifying a piece of music or story when it completes; outro.
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(broadcasting) To briefly identify the music or story that has just aired.
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(broadcasting) To time an item according to the scheduled time of the item that will follow, cutting or padding it as necessary.
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(computing, transitive) To create a bookmark.
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(computing, informal) A minor bug in a program.
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(broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
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(intransitive, copulative) To communicate with a base etc, by telephone.
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(transitive) To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
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(slang) A television broadcast that causes the viewer to stop flipping through channels with their remote control and watch it.
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(transitive, intransitive, electronics) To transmit individual bits of data under the control of a clock.
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(radio, television) The point when a radio or television station shuts down transmission and goes off the air for a predetermined period, as used to happen overnight.
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(television) An opening segment shown before the opening credits.
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(intransitive, constructed with with) to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.
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A radio or television program counting down the top songs of a given week, usually in reverse order ending with the No. 1.
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(radio, advertising) An advertisement at the start of a programme.
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(electronics, computing) A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording.
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A visual indicator, placed in an upper corner of a frame of a motion picture, to signal the projectionist to change reels
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Alternative form of cutaway [(television) The interruption of a continuously filmed action by inserting a view of something else.]
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(television) A cut to a shot of person listening to a speaker so that the audience can see the listener's reaction.
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A marking that indicates a date.
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(recorded entertainment industry) A remainder of a music or video release.
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(informal) To record a demo version of a song, usually not intended for commercial release.
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To make a copy from an original or master audio tape.
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The movement of data from a remote to a central server
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(radio, advertising) An advertisement at the end of a programme.
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A pamphlet accompanying a CD, film etc., summarising the contents and production.
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The opening portion of an edited sequence of audio or video.
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(audio editing) The process of recording the final sound onto the master track.
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(broadcasting) A program scheduled to follow another.
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Commentary or supplemental information, usually printed on the back of the cover or in an insert, of recorded media; such as record albums, CDs, videos, or DVDs.
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A signal that is masked by another signal, for example in an audio recording.
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A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
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(radio, television) A cue indicating that a portion of broadcast material will shortly end.
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The closing portion of an edited sequence of audio or video.
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A leaflet or handbill, in a size small enough to be held in the hand (such as ISO 216 size A6 or North American size 4¼″ × 5½″), typically printed on heavier paper for mass distribution.
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(transitive) To establish a call (connection by telephone or similar).
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The count of the number of times a track has been played (on a website such as Spotify)
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The duration of a recording.
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The action of the verb to post.
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A portion of a compact disc preceding the start of a track.
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To record music and other sound elements at the correct time code locations on a master format without regard to final levels and mixing.
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(transitive, intransitive, computing) To extract data from a computer by the use of a keyboard.
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(transitive, informal) To record.
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(transitive) To make a record of information.
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Creating a new record, or most extreme known value for performance in some field of endeavor or activity, usually by beating the prior record; for example, by running a race faster than anyone ever has.
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A brief introduction to a radio show, etc. when it continues after a commercial or other break.
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A question in a television interview that was actually recorded after the interview took place, and is presented as a cutaway scene. The technique is commonly used where only one camera was present at the interview, as a way of creating the appearance of multiple camera angles and showing a scene of the interviewer asking the question, rather than the interviewee listening to the question.
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(Internet) A banner ad that cycles through multiple advertisements.
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(obsolete, transitive, originally) To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
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(software engineering, of bugs) Critical; major.
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(broadcasting) To cease broadcasting a radio or television signal, usually at the end of a broadcasting day.
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(broadcasting) The time of day when a radio or television station begins broadcasting, usually after being off the air for several hours.
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(rare) The person toward whom a signal is directed.
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(cryptic crosswords) A word or phrase within a clue that serves as an indicator, rather than being fodder.
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An activity that takes place before a concert, etc., when the performer and sound crew run through a small portion of the upcoming show on the venue's sound system to verify the volume and tonal frequencies.
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(programming) An object or procedure that looks and behaves like its release-intended counterpart, but is actually a simplified version to reduce complexity and facilitate testing.
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(construction) Item of correspondence.
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(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of wait. [(transitive, now rare) To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)]
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Abbreviation of crossfeed. [(sound) The process of blending the left and right channels of a stereo recording.]
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