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(FCC) Established by the Communications Act of 1934, the FCC is the United States federal agency in charge of overseeing interstate telecommunications, as well as all the communications services originating and terminating in the United States.
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Intermediate distribution line (fiber or coaxial cable) that connects a trunk from the headend to the drop cables serving individual homes.
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A fixed station used in connection with (a) the alignment of microwave transmitting and receiving antenna systems and equipment, (b) coordination of microwave radio survey operations, and (c) cue and contact control of television pickup station operations. [47CFR]
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Television in which fixed ("still") images are transmitted sequentially at a rate far too slow to be perceived as continuous motion by human vision. Note: Transmission of an image is usually performed periodically by a processing unit that contains memory in which data representing the image are stored. For an image of specified quality, e.g., resolution and color fidelity, freeze-frame television has a lower bandwidth requirement than that of full-motion television.
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In television, a video frame update rate that provides the appearance of full motion without flicker or smear problems. (188) Note: Picture motion appears to be full at greater than 16 fps (frames per second). European television operates at 25 fps and North American television at 30 fps.
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