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Echo (communications protocol) Edit decision list; Educational television; Effects of time zones on North American broadcasting; EIAJ-1; Electromagnetic interference; Electronic field production; Electronic news gathering; Electronic program guide; Electronic sell-through; Episode; Establishing shot; Event television; Extra (acting) Eyeline match
Also AM radio or AM. Used interchangeably with kilohertz (kHz) and medium wave. A modulation technique used in electronic communication where the amplitude (signal strength) of the wave is varied in proportion to that of the message signal. Developed in the early 1900s, this technique is most commonly used for transmitting an audio signal via a radio wave measured in kilohertz (kHz). See AM ...
Telecommunications cable is a type of guided transmission medium. Telecommunications are based on transmitting and receiving modulated waves/signals through a medium. Types of telecommunications cable include: [1] [2] electrical cables when electric current is carried; transmission lines and waveguides when electromagnetic waves are transmitted; optical fibers when light signals are transmitted.
A list of these terms can be found at List of broadcasting terms. [21] Television and radio programs are distributed through radio broadcasting or cable, often both simultaneously. By coding signals and having a cable converter box with decoding equipment in homes, the latter also enables subscription-based channels, pay-tv and pay-per-view ...
A cable channel (sometimes known as a cable network) is a television network available via cable television. Many of the same channels are distributed through satellite television. Alternative terms include non-broadcast channel or programming service, the latter being mainly used in legal contexts.
Call originator - (or calling party, caller or A-party) a person or device that initiates a telephone call by dialling a telephone number.; Call waiting - a system that notifies a caller of another incoming telephone call by sounding a sound in the earpiece.
PLC—Power Line Communication; PLC—Programmable Logic Controller; PLD—Programmable Logic Device; PL/I—Programming Language One; PL/M—Programming Language for Microcomputers; PL/P—Programming Language for Prime; PLT—Power Line Telecommunications; PMM—POST Memory Manager; PNG—Portable Network Graphics; PnP—Plug-and-Play
Commonly, the term television channel is used to mean a television station or its pay television counterpart (both outlined below). Sometimes, especially outside the U.S. and in the context of pay television, it is used instead of the term television network, which otherwise (in its technical use above) describes a group of geographically-distributed television stations that share affiliation ...