time code

British

noun

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

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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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