Television

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Television

Television (pronunciation: /ˈtɛlɪvɪʒən/), often abbreviated as TV, is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in color, and in two or three dimensions and sound. The term can refer to a television set, a television show, or the medium of television transmission.

Etymology

The word television comes from Ancient Greek τῆλε (tèle), meaning 'far', and Latin visio, meaning 'sight'. The first documented usage of the term dates back to 1900, coined by Constantin Perskyi in his paper read to the International Electricity Congress at the International World Fair in Paris on August 25.

Related Terms

  • Broadcasting: The distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium.
  • Cable Television: A system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fiber-optic cables.
  • Digital Television: A technological evolution of broadcast television and an advancement over analog television.
  • Satellite Television: A service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location.
  • Internet Television: The digital distribution of television content, such as TV shows, via the public Internet.

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