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taps Definition

taps (taps)

noun

☆ a bugle call to put out lights in retiring for the night, as in an army camp: also sounded at a military funeral

Etymology: < tap, because orig. a drum signal

taps Synonyms

taps

n.

drum taps, trumpet call, bugle taps, bugle call, tribute for the dead, dirge, light-out signal; see also call 4.

taps Telecom Definition
The number of horizontal lines or pixels considered in the filtering process, which is one step in video compression. See also compression, filtering, and pixel.

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