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1. affirm, adj. (and int.) View full entry 1960
...Esp. in radio communication: = affirmative1b. Also as ...
2. angle shot, n. View full entry 1860
...Billiards and Pool (chiefly U.S.). A shot which causes the cue ball to drive the object ball off at an angle....
3. animatic, n. View full entry 1977
...A preliminary mock-up of a film, television commercial, etc., consisting of a succession of images from a storyboard edited together with a soundtrack....
4. automate, v. View full entry 1954
...trans. To convert (a process, system, or facility) to be operated by predominantly automatic equipment; to make automatic or automated (cf. earlier automated)....
5. beat-box, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1983
...An electronic drum machine....
6. -bot, comb. form View full entry 1966
...Forming nouns (sometimes nonce-formations) denoting a type of robot or automated device. Also in extended use, referring to a person regarded as an automaton. Cf. bot1....
7. chug, v. View full entry 1885
...intr. To make an intermittent explosive sound as of the escape of exhaust gases from an engine cylinder; to move with a sound characteristic of a steam-engine or electric motor at...
8. closed captioning, n. View full entry 1974
...A system providing television programme subtitles, accessible through a decoder (now usually integral to the television) and optionally displayed; the provision of closed captions....
9. computer phobia, n. View full entry 1972
...Fear or mistrust of computer technology; an aversion to using computers, esp. apprehension or reluctance among novice users. Cf. cyberphobia...
10. computer programmer, n. View full entry 1955
...= programmer1b....
11. computer science, n. View full entry 1956
...The branch of knowledge concerned with the construction, programming, operation, and use of computers. Also in pl....
12. cyborg, n. View full entry 1960
...A person whose physical tolerances or capabilities are extended beyond normal human limitations by a machine or other external agency that modifies the body's functioning; an integrated man–machine system....
13. disconnect, n. View full entry 1951
...An act or instance of disconnecting; a break of (esp. electrical or telephone) connection....
14. emoticon, n. View full entry 1990
...A representation of a facial expression formed by a short sequence of keyboard characters (usually to be viewed sideways) and used in electronic mail, etc., to convey the sender's feelings or intended...
15. filmless, adj. View full entry 1903
...Designating or relating to imaging methods and equipment that do not use photographic film, esp. those that capture and store images digitally. Also: designating an environment in which imaging methods...
16. home video, n. View full entry 1948
...U.S....
17. indie, adj. View full entry 1928
...colloq. abbrev. of independent (used esp. in the film industry in the United States)....
18. laser, n.2 View full entry 1960
...Any device that is capable of emitting a very intense, narrow, parallel beam of highly monochromatic and coherent light (or other electromagnetic radiation), either continuously or in pulses, and operates by using...
19. mail bomb, n. View full entry 1972
...U.S. An explosive device sent through the post, usually set off by the recipient on opening the mail that contained it; a letter or parcel bomb....
20. Marconigraph, n. View full entry 1902
...An apparatus for transmitting and receiving radiotelegrams....
