time code

A numeric code generated at regular intervals by a timing system, often for video synchronization.

Noun

  1. A numeric code generated at regular intervals by a timing system, often for video synchronization.
    • A DigiSlate can be set to display either SMPTE or internal (real time) time code. - 2010, Richard W. Kroon, A/V A to Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Media, Entertainment and Other Audiovisual Terms, page 207:

Forms

time codes timecode

Derived

AES-EBU embedded timecode burnt-in timecode CTL timecode inter-range instrumentation group time code IRIG time code linear timecode MIDI timecode rewritable consumer timecode time code ambiguity time code generator time code reader vertical interval timecode