time code

noun

1. (on video or audio tape) a separate track on which time references are continually recorded in digital form as an aid to editing

Example Sentences

"The recent increase in bed bug infestation around the world is likely due to increase in the number of human hosts, hence with blood meals, their populations increase massively within short period of time," Code said.

From Salon

Around the same time, Code answered the door at his home in Greer, S.C., in his underwear.

From Los Angeles Times

At the time, code was handwritten until it was transferred onto a “keypunch card,” which was then fed into a mainframe computer.

From Slate

Similarly, interracial romances ⁠— for a long time code for "one white person and one person of color"⁠ — are becoming more diverse in themselves, with appetite growing for interracial romances that don't centre a white character at all.

From Salon

The time code from the hallway camera showed police responded three minutes later and headed toward the violence.

From Washington Post