"OOV" meaning in English

See OOV in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /uːv/ Forms: OOVs [plural]
Rhymes: -uːv Head templates: {{en-noun}} OOV (plural OOVs)
  1. (broadcasting) An item in a television (especially news) broadcast consisting of pictures alone, to be played on screen while the presenter continues to talk out of vision and provide commentary.
    Sense id: en-OOV-en-noun-rHjwMO8m Categories (other): Broadcasting, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 27 Topics: broadcasting, media

Prepositional phrase

IPA: /uːv/
Rhymes: -uːv
  1. (computational linguistics) Initialism of out of vocabulary: describing a term encountered in the input which is not present in a system's dictionary or database of known terms. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: out of vocabulary (extra: describing a term encountered in the input which is not present in a system's dictionary or database of known terms)
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        [
          "out",
          "out"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "vision",
          "vision"
        ]
      ],
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        "(broadcasting) An item in a television (especially news) broadcast consisting of pictures alone, to be played on screen while the presenter continues to talk out of vision and provide commentary."
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      ]
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      "rhymes": "-uːv"
    }
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        }
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