time code

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

Example Sentences

The slate lights up with a digital time code.

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"The recent increase in bed bug infestation around the world is likely due to increase in the number of human hosts, hence with blood meals, their populations increase massively within short period of time," Code said.

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Around the same time, Code answered the door at his home in Greer, S.C., in his underwear.

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

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Similarly, interracial romances ⁠— for a long time code for "one white person and one person of color"⁠ — are becoming more diverse in themselves, with appetite growing for interracial romances that don't centre a white character at all.

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