time code

See also: timecode

English

Alternative forms

• timecode

Pronunciation

• Audio (Mid-Atlantic)

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Noun

time code (plural time codes)

1. A numeric code generated at regular intervals by a timing system.
   • 2010, Richard W. Kroon, A/V A to Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Media, Entertainment and Other Audiovisual Terms, page 207:

     A DigiSlate can be set to display either SMPTE or internal (real time) time code.

Derived terms

• 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