Specialist dictionary

Film and television

Screen media, broadcasting, production, genres and audiovisual storytelling.

Core vocabulary

120 featured terms

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Broadcastverb

cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

Celluloidnoun

a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of spor…

Cinemanoun

a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of spor…

Circulariseverb

cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

Circularizeverb

cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

Circulateverb

cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

Computer programnoun

(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"

Computer programmenoun

(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"

Diffuseverb

cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

Directornoun

someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show

Disperseverb

cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

Disseminateverb

cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

Distributeverb

cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

Documentaryadjective

(of film, television, radio, or photography) depicting a real-life event using images or interviews with people involved in the event

Episodenoun

film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie

Filmnoun

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie…

Filmnoun

a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of spor…

Flicknoun

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie…

Motion picturenoun

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie…

Motion-picture shownoun

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie…

Movienoun

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie…

Moving picturenoun

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie…

Moving-picture shownoun

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie…

Pass aroundverb

cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

Picnoun

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie…

Picturenoun

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie…

Picture shownoun

a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie…

Platformnoun

a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election eve…

Political platformnoun

a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election eve…

Political programnoun

a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election eve…

Producernoun

someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)

Programnoun

(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"

Programnoun

a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election eve…

Programmenoun

(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"

Propagateverb

cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

Screenplaynoun

a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets

Sequencenoun

film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie

Spreadverb

cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

Telecastingnoun

broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither r…

Televisionnoun

broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither r…

Theater directornoun

someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show

Theatre directornoun

someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show

TVnoun

broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither r…

Videonoun

broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither r…

Anti-virus programnoun

a computer program that checks a computer for viruses and prevents their spread

Applicationnoun

a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different word process…

Application programnoun

a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different word process…

Applications programmenoun

a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different word process…

Assemblernoun

a program to convert assembly language into machine language

Assembly programnoun

a program to convert assembly language into machine language

Autocorrectnoun

a system for automatically correcting text

Automated moderatornoun

a computer program for automatically moderating an online forum or discussion

Binarynoun

a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a diff…

Binary programnoun

a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a diff…

C programnoun

a program written in C

Cablenoun

television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver

Carryverb

include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carri…

Checking programnoun

a program that examines other computer programs for syntax errors

Client programnoun

any software program that runs on a user's local computer and accesses data stored on a remote computer.; "Your Web browser is a client program…

Compilernoun

(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program

Compiling programnoun

(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program

Debuggernoun

a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors

Documentarynoun

a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event

Executive programnoun

a program that controls the execution of other programs

Featurenoun

the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater; "the feature tonight is ‘Casablanca’"

FORTRAN programnoun

a program written in FORTRAN

Generalizeverb

cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washingt…

Graphic enginenoun

A graphic engine is a type of software used by application programs to draw graphics on computer display screens.; "The graphic engine of Micros…

Interfacenoun

(computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the…

Interpreternoun

(computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time

Interpretive programnoun

(computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time

Job controlnoun

a program that is called to prepare each job to be run

Library programnoun

a program in a program library

LISP programnoun

a program written in LISP

Loopnoun

a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied

Malevolent programnoun

a computer program designed to have undesirable or harmful effects

Monitor programnoun

a program that observes and regulates and controls or verifies the operations of a data-processing system

Monitoring programnoun

a program that observes and regulates and controls or verifies the operations of a data-processing system

Musicalnoun

a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing

Object programnoun

a fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer

Parsernoun

a computer program that divides code up into functional components; "compilers must parse source code in order to translate it into object code"

Patchnoun

a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program

Personal information managernoun

A personal information manager (often referred to as a PIM tool or, more simply, a PIM) is a type of application software that functions as a pe…

PIMnoun

A personal information manager (often referred to as a PIM tool or, more simply, a PIM) is a type of application software that functions as a pe…

PIM toolnoun

A personal information manager (often referred to as a PIM tool or, more simply, a PIM) is a type of application software that functions as a pe…

Podcastverb

distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer

Popularizeverb

cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washingt…

Relocatable programnoun

a program that can be located in different parts of memory at different times

Reusable programnoun

a program that can be loaded once and executed repeatedly

Runverb

include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carri…

Search enginenoun

a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet)

Self-adapting programnoun

a program that can change its performance in response to its environment

Service programnoun

(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer; "a computer system provides utility programs to perfor…

Source programnoun

a program written in a language from which statements are translated into machine language

Sowverb

introduce into an environment; "sow suspicion or beliefs"

Spidernoun

a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be…

Spreadsheetnoun

a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen

Stored programnoun

a program that is stored in the memory of the computer that executes it

Supervisornoun

a program that controls the execution of other programs

Supervisory programnoun

a program that controls the execution of other programs

Syntax checkernoun

a program to check natural language syntax

System programnoun

a program (as an operating system or compiler or utility program) that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer

Systems programnoun

a program (as an operating system or compiler or utility program) that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer

Systems softwarenoun

a program (as an operating system or compiler or utility program) that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer

Taggernoun

a computer program that attaches labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter

Tagging programnoun

a computer program that attaches labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter

Target programnoun

a fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer

Text-matchingnoun

a computer program that looks for text that matches a given text; "Google uses text-matching to find web pages containing a particular text"

Translating programnoun

a program that translates one programming language into another

Translatornoun

a program that translates one programming language into another

User interfacenoun

(computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the…

Utilitynoun

(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer; "a computer system provides utility programs to perfor…

Utility programnoun

(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer; "a computer system provides utility programs to perfor…

Vulgarizeverb

cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washingt…

Wanderernoun

a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be…

Web Map Servernoun

a computer program that produces maps of spatially referenced data dynamically from geographic information

Web Map Servicenoun

a computer program that produces maps of spatially referenced data dynamically from geographic information

Circulateverb

become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"

Existentadjective

being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people, not ghosts"; "a film based on re…

Realadjective

being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people, not ghosts"; "a film based on re…