closed caption

English

Etymology

"Closed" originally indicated that such captions were by default not visible until activated (opened) by the viewer turning them on, in contrast to "open captions" which are embedded in the video itself, visible to all.

Noun

closed caption (plural closed captions)

  1. (television) Text which can be displayed on a television or other video screen with suitable equipment, usually a transcription or description of audio material.

Translations

text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment
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