"closed captioning" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} closed captioning (uncountable)
  1. The display of text on a television or video screen, usually a transcription of the audio portion of a program as it occurs (either verbatim or in edited form), most frequently used by the deaf and language learners. Closed captions are encoded invisibly, and displayed by a decoder. Wikipedia link: closed captioning Tags: uncountable Synonyms: CC, close captioning Derived forms: CC Related terms: captioning, closed caption, open captioning Coordinate_terms: audio description, described video
    Sense id: en-closed_captioning-en-noun-CK5gVcLz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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