Closed Captioning: Text stream included in broadcast signal that provides narrative description of dialogue, action, sounds, and other elements of the picture. Most often used by the hearing impaired and in environments where audio is undesirable (such as in restaurants).

 

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Closed Captioning: Text stream included in broadcast signal that provides narrative description of dialogue, action, sounds, and other elements of the picture. Most often used by the hearing impaired and in en . . . View Full Definition

Closed-End Mortgage: An investment company that has only a set number of shares of the mutual fund that it manages, and does not create new shares if demand increases. Antithesis of an open-end management company.

Closed-Panel HMO: An HMO whose physicians are either HMO employees or belong to a group of physicians that contract with the HMO.

Disclosed Dual Agency: Real estate licensing laws may permit dual agency only if the buyer and seller are informed and consent to the brokers representation of both in the same transaction. Although the possibilit . . . View Full Definition

Closed-End Management Company: An investment company that sells shareslike any other corporation and usually does not redeem its shares. A publicly traded fund sold on stock exchanges or over the counter that may trade ab . . . View Full Definition

Semi-Open (Closed) Adoption: Adoption where adoptive family and birth parents may talk, meet and have correspondence after the adoption, but no identifying information is exchanged.

Closed Transaction: A transaction that is completed within the accounting period: both the purchase and payment or sale and receipt of payment occur within the same accounting period.

Closed-End Fund: Closed-end mutual funds are actively managed funds that raise capital only once, by issuing a fixed number of shares. Like other mutual funds, however, fund managers buy and sell individual . . . View Full Definition

Closed Stance: Hitting the ball with the body facing between parallel to the baseline and backturned to the opponent; a classic technique.

Totally -Enclosed Air-To-Air-Cooled Machine: A totally enclosed machine cooled by circulating internal air through a heat exchanger which, in turn, is cooled by circulating external air. Provided with an air-to-air heat exchanger for c . . . View Full Definition