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  2. Bleep censor - Wikipedia

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    In the case of scripted comedies, most bleeping may be used for humorous purposes, and other sound effects may be substituted for the bleep tone for comical effect; examples of this include a slide whistle, a baby cooing, dolphin noises, or the "boing" of a spring.

  3. SMPTE color bars - Wikipedia

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    An extended version of SMPTE Color Bars signal, developed by the Japanese Association of Radio Industries and Businesses as ARIB STD-B28 and standardized as SMPTE RP 219:2002 [15] (High-Definition, Standard-Definition Compatible Color Bar Signal) was introduced to test HDTV signal with an aspect ratio of 16:9 that can be down converted to a ...

  4. Test card - Wikipedia

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    Test cards typically contain a set of patterns to enable television cameras and receivers to be adjusted to show the picture correctly (see SMPTE color bars).Most modern test cards include a set of calibrated color bars which will produce a characteristic pattern of "dot landings" on a vectorscope, allowing chroma and tint to be precisely adjusted between generations of videotape or network feeds.

  5. EBU colour bars - Wikipedia

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    EBU 100/0/100/0 Colour Bars Displayed colours are only approximate due to different transfer and colour spaces used on web pages and video (BT.601 or BT.709). An alternate form of colour bars is the 100% Colour Bars or EBU 100/0/100/0 Colour Bars pattern (specified in ITU-R Rec. BT.1729 [8]), also known as the RGB pattern or full field bars, which consists of eight vertical bars of 100% ...

  6. Cursing is a sign of high intelligence, study shows - AOL

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    Intelligent people use more curse words, according to a scientific study from Marist College.. The research suggests that a healthy vocabulary of curse words is a sign of a rhetorical skill.

  7. What 'secret' loudspeaker codes mean at department stores - AOL

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    If you've been shopping in a big box retail store you've probably heard an announcement on the loudspeaker such as, "code yellow toys, code yellow toys." This "code" is one of many innocuous ...

  8. Profanity - Wikipedia

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    Profanity is often depicted in images by grawlixes, which substitute symbols for words.. Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, involves the use of notionally offensive words for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate disrespect or negativity, to relieve pain, to express a strong emotion, as a grammatical intensifier or emphasis, or to express informality or ...

  9. Colors of noise - Wikipedia

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    Joseph S. Wisniewski writes that "green noise" is marketed by producers of ambient sound effects recordings as "the background noise of the world". It simulates the spectra of natural settings, without human-made noises. It is similar to pink noise, but has more energy in the area of 500 Hz. [20]