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Television
Any device used to transmit and recieve moving images, usually accompanied by sound.
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baseband
Consumer electronics; Television
The originating signal information before it is modulated onto a radio frequency carrier.
aural carrier
Consumer electronics; Television
In analog television, the portion of channel radio energy carrying the sound.
audio
Consumer electronics; Television
A reference to electronically reproduced sound or the equipment processing it.
aspect ratio
Consumer electronics; Television
Picture width to height (4:3 for NTSC and 16:9 for ATSC)
attenuation
Consumer electronics; Television
The loss of signal through transmission often expressed in decibels.
attenuator
Consumer electronics; Television
A device that is used to weaken the strength of the signal supplied to it.
automatic slope control (ASC)
Consumer electronics; Television
A circuit that senses two signal amplitudes and control both the overall gain and the gain slope through the stage so that the levels of both signals are constant at the output port.