"set-top box" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: set-top boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} set-top box (plural set-top boxes)
  1. A device that connects some source of signal to a television set, often decrypting a digitally encrypted signal from a communications satellite or cable network. Wikipedia link: set-top box Synonyms: STB Hypernyms: receiver Translations (device that connects some source of signal to a television set): digiboksi (Finnish), Set-Top-Box [feminine] (German), dekoder [masculine] (Polish), set üstü kutusu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-set-top_box-en-noun-Jn2V4b9E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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