Television (TV) Glossary
Technology / Television (TV) Glossary
Demographics: Audience composition based on various socioeconomic characteristics such as age, sex, income, education, household size, occupation, etc.
Depth Of Field: The range in front of and behind the focus distance that is also in focus.
Designated Market Area (DMA): Represents an exclusive geographic area of counties in which the home market stations are estimated to have the largest quarter-hour audience share (as defined by Nielsen).
Dialogue: Speech among characters, which does not usually address the viewer. Also, a type of interview in which the voices of the interviewer and the interviewee are both heard, and both persons may . . . View Full Definition
Diegesis: The world in which the narrative is set. In other words, the world fictional characters inhabit.
Diegetic Sound: Dialogue, music and sound effects that occur in the diegetic space of the television program. I.e., sound that is part of the characters' world.
Diegetic Space: The physical world in which the narrative action of the television program takes place.
Digital Audio Broadcasting: A broadcast standard which describes the method of transmitting digital audio.
Digital Audio Workstation (DAW): A computer-based system for digitally editing sound.
Digital Cable: A service provided by many cable providers (Time Warner and insight both offer it) which offers viewers more channels, access to pay-per-view programs, and online guides. Digital cable is no . . . View Full Definition
Digital Compression: A process of translating video images into a digital code which takes up less transmission space than the original signal would have. This allows more channels per satellite transponder: typ . . . View Full Definition
Digital Light Processing (DLP): A microdisplay technology invented by Texas Instruments, DLP is based on a digital micromirror device (DMD), a chip with millions of hinged, microscopic mirrors attached, each of which corre . . . View Full Definition
Digital Sound: A technology (e.g., cds) that converts sound into numbers: this allows computers to process and/or change the recorded sound. It has been replacing analog sound processes (e.g., vinyl albums . . . View Full Definition
Digital Television (DTV): Transmitting a broadcast signal by encoding it as 0s and 1s the digital code used in computers. DTV can be compressed to provide four, five, or more channels in the same bandwidth required f . . . View Full Definition
Digital Tuner Or Digital Receiver: A digital tuner serves as the decoder required to receive and display digital broadcasts. Some digital tuners can convert broadcasts for an analog TV or provide a digital signal to a digital . . . View Full Definition
Digital Versatile Disk (DVD): DVD, which once stood for Digital Video Disk or Digital Versatile Disk, is the next generation of optical disk storage technology. DVD holds a minimum of 4.7GB (gigabytes) of information on . . . View Full Definition
Digital Video (DV): Any video format that relies on digital technology for recording and/or editing. For example, video recorded with a digital camera or edited on a nonlinear editing system.
Digital Video Effects (DVE): Special effects created with digital, computer-based technology. Compare with electronic effects.
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