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Time Code

1) in video production, an electronic marking of elapsed time placed on a tape to facilitate editing; 2) specifically, the SMPTE time signals as defined by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers; the code consists of 4 sets of numbers representing hour, minute, second, and frame, in the format hh:mm:ss:ff.

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