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ident

British  
/ ˈaɪdɛnt /

noun

  1. a short visual image employed between television programmes that works as a logo to locate the viewer to the channel

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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That’s definitely a mockery of HBO’s static ident.

From The Guardian • Dec. 2, 2017

When a super-recognizer makes an ident, she must submit it for “peer review,” in which a second super-recognizer—usually Eliot Porritt—renders an independent judgment.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 15, 2016

Games sketched ideas for the TV ident on a piece of newspaper It might have helped if he had owned a television - but he did not.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2013

Argo was introduced with a 70s-style Warner ident to match the film's setting This week's Clip joint is by Dominic Graham, who blogs about film at Fifty Word Film Reviews.

From The Guardian • Mar. 13, 2013

Her answer appeared beneath Maddie’s scribbling pencil: Hostile ident, track 187 Maidsend 25 miles, est height 8,500 ft.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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