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time code

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noun

  1. (on video or audio tape) a separate track on which time references are continually recorded in digital form as an aid to editing

"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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The slate lights up with a digital time code.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 10, 2025

At the time, code was handwritten until it was transferred onto a “keypunch card,” which was then fed into a mainframe computer.

From Slate Feb. 15, 2023

They became so fluent in that tongue that today they have a hard time code switching, and de-drawling, even when addressing their supposed liberal base.

From Salon May 14, 2022

The company says the state violated he contract by displaying media of artifacts from the ship on websites other than its own without a time code stamp or watermark.

From Washington Times Nov. 4, 2019

Then, in a short time, code messages began to rain in on the manager.

From Boy Scouts in Mexico; or on Guard with Uncle Sam by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)

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