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V-chip

Meaning of "V-chip" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF V-CHIP

V-chip


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF V-CHIP

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V-Chip is a noun.
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WHAT DOES V-CHIP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

V-chip

V-chip is a generic term for technology used in television set receivers in Canada, Brazil and the USA, which allows the blocking of programs based on their ratings category. It is intended for use by parents to manage their children's television viewing. Televisions manufactured for the United States market since 1999 and all units as of January 2000 are required to have the V-chip technology. The idea for blocking programs in this way was patented by Brett West and John P. Gardner in 1994 and tested in Canada. Since then many devices using V-chip technology have been produced. V-chip technology works much like closed captioning and uses the vertical blanking interval in the television signal. The system receives a special code in the broadcast signal which indicates the show's score according to a simple numerical rating system for violence, sex, and language. The programs' signals are encoded according to their rating, on line 21 of the broadcast signal's vertical blanking interval using the XDS protocol, and this is detected by the television set's V-chip.

Definition of V-chip in the English dictionary

The definition of V-chip in the dictionary is a device within a television set that allows the set to be programmed not to receive transmissions that have been classified as containing sex, violence, or obscene language.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE V-CHIP

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Synonyms and antonyms of V-chip in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «V-chip» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF V-CHIP

Find out the translation of V-chip to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of V-chip from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «V-chip» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

V芯片
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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V-chip
570 millions of speakers
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V-chip
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

वि चिप
380 millions of speakers
ar

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V- رقاقة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

V - чип
278 millions of speakers
pt

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V-chip
270 millions of speakers
bn

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ভি-চিপ
260 millions of speakers
fr

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V -chip
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Cip V
190 millions of speakers
de

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V-Chip
180 millions of speakers
ja

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Vチップ
130 millions of speakers
ko

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V- 칩
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

V-chip
85 millions of speakers
vi

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V-chip
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வி-சிப்
75 millions of speakers
mr

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व्ही-चिप
75 millions of speakers
tr

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V-yonga
70 millions of speakers
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V -chip
65 millions of speakers
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V - Chip
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

V - чіп
40 millions of speakers
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V -chip
30 millions of speakers
el

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V-chip
15 millions of speakers
af

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V - chip
14 millions of speakers
sv

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V-chip
10 millions of speakers
no

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V - chip
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about V-chip

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «V-CHIP»

Discover the use of V-chip in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to V-chip and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Saturday Morning Censors: Television Regulation Before the ...
""Saturday Morning Censors" makes an important contribution to those interested in children's media culture as well as to those concerned with censorship practices in the U. S."--Marsha Kinder, University of Southern California
Heather Hendershot, 1998
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The V-Chip, Ratings and Sex & Violence on Cable. A Status Report
Seminar paper from the year 1999 in the subject Communications - Movies and Television, grade: 1- (A-), Ohio University (School of Telecommunication), course: Cable Communication, 22 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: ...
Christoph Koch, 2007
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The V-chip Debate: Content Filtering From Television To the ...
the V-chip technology is implemented properly, it will shift the focus of broadcast regulation from regulation of content to regulation of filtering of content. Most importantly, it will turn broadcast regulation toward more appropriate concerns: ...
Monroe E. Price, 2013
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Responding to Media Violence: Starting Points for Classroom ...
Codes, Classification and the V-Chip In 1992, stressing the importance of action to combat gratuitous and glamorized violence, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) called upon the national ...
‎1998
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Reading, Grade 6
One of the newest things in television technology is the V chip. The idea behind the V chip is to protect children from violence on television, but is that really what it does? This sounds like a good plan, but just like most new ideas, there are ...
‎2006
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Edited Clean Version: Technology and the Culture of Control
The ability to filter televisual images through V-chip blocking is a display of a technique and mechanism for governance, censorial self-regulatory practices and control through and simultaneously over a cultural technology. Parents are ...
Raiford Guins, 2008
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Digital Television and Its Status
Some commenters had general comments regarding the use of V-Chip technology in connection with core children's programming. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation ("Kaiser") argues that it is important that the Commission require "open ...
Paul S. Eatherson, 2006
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Violence in the Media: A Reference Handbook
One of the major concerns with implementing the V-chip technology and its accompanying rating system is whether or not it violates the First Amendment. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) believes that the V-chip and rating system is ...
Nancy Signorielli, 2005
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Ethics, Technology, and Engineering: An Introduction
With the V-chip the actual role of the parents has further diminished. If they choose to use the V-chip, they only have to set the rating they find acceptable for their children. Note, however, that in doing so they presume – at least tacitly – not only ...
Ibo van de Poel, Lambèr Royakkers, 2011
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All about Cable and Broadband
6.05A Violence, Ratings and the V-Chip Section 551 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, titled "Parental Choice in Television Programming,"1 enacts a plan designed to utilize current technology to enable parents to activate an electronic  ...
James C. Goodale, Rob Frieden, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «V-CHIP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term V-chip is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pirates Melancon depends on web-based platforms to track health …
Others include WellnessFX and V-Chip. But Segterra's InsideTracker and InnerAge, at www.InsideTracker.com, claim to be a leap forward with “science-driven ... «Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Feb 15»
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The changing definition of 'TV': What parents need to know about …
Congress passed an act in 1996 requiring all TVs after 2000 to include a V-Chip, a device that allows parents to block content based on the TV ratings. But this ... «Deseret News, Sep 14»
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Diagnosis On-demand: Houston Methodist Develops V-chip …
That's the idea behind the “V-chip,” a credit card-sized medical device being developed at the hospital that is designed to allow doctors and other caregivers to ... «Xconomy, Apr 14»
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Small Chip Runs 50 Blood Tests With Single Drop Of Blood
The V-chip (volumetric bar-chart chip) was created by scientists at the Methodist Hospital Research Institute and MD Anderson Cancer Center. Preliminary tests ... «PSFK, Jan 13»
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This $10 Chip Turns 50 Blood Tests Into A Brilliantly Simple Chart
The V-Chip (Volumetric Bar-Chart Chip) is a research project from Methodist Hospital Research Institute. It's about the size of a business card, and with just a ... «Co.Design, Jan 13»
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V-Chip, esami del sangue in pochi secondi
V-Chip è un dispositivo delle dimensioni di una carta di credito che potrebbe presto fornire un utile contributo nel mondo della medicina, in particolar modo nel ... «WebNews, Jan 13»
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Inexpensive card-sized device runs 50 blood tests in seconds
Although lab tests would likely still be the way to go for the most accurate, detailed results possible, the V-chip could prove very useful in places like developing ... «Gizmag, Dec 12»
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V-Chip for Fast Point-of-Care Diagnostics From a Drop of Blood …
Researchers from The Methodist Hospital Research Institute and MD Anderson Cancer Center developed and tested a new microfluidic device that can rapidly ... «Medgadget.com, Dec 12»
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Pocket device tests 50 things in one blood drop for just $10
The V-chip, short for "volumetric bar-chart chip," on the other hand, can be carried around in a pocket. It is composed of two thin pieces of glass, about 3 in. by 2 ... «Examiner.com, Dec 12»
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Pocket Test Measures 50 Things in a Drop of Blood
Preliminary tests of the V-chip, created by scientists at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute and MD Anderson Cancer Center, were published last night by ... «Newswise, Dec 12»
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