Definitions for V-chip
ˈviˌtʃɪpv-chip

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1. v-chipnoun

   Any censorship technology that allows parents to control the level of objectionable content that their children may see on television.

2. Etymology: Stands for violence chip, coined and devised by Tim Collings, promoted by the William Jefferson Clinton Administration.

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1. V-chip

   V-chip is a technology used in television set receivers in Canada, Brazil and the United States, that allows the blocking of programs based on their ratings category. It is intended for use by parents to manage their children's television viewing based on blocking systems. Televisions manufactured for the United States market since January 2000 are required to have the V-chip technology. Since the idea for blocking programs in this way was patented and tested in Canada by Brett West and John P. Gardner in 1994, many devices using V-chip technology have been produced.V-chip technology works much like closed captioning and uses the vertical blanking interval in the television signal. The system receives a special code in the broadcast signal which indicates the show's score according to a simple numerical rating system for violence, sex, and language. The programs' signals are encoded based on their rating, on line 21 of the broadcast signal's vertical blanking interval using the XDS protocol, and this is detected by the television set's V-chip. If the program rating is outside the level configured as acceptable on that particular television, the program will be blocked. The V-chip does not block infomercial, news or sportscasts as this sort of programming does not have ratings. The V-chip has a four-digit numerical password in order to keep older children from changing its settings. However, it can be overridden by anyone who reads the television's instruction and finds out how to reset the password to 0000 (built into the V-chip in case the parents themselves forget the password that they set). The phrase "V-chip" was purportedly coined by then-Representative Ed Markey of Massachusetts. According to him the "V" stands for "violence". However, in an interview with Tim Collings, one of the people who claim to have invented the device, he said that it was intended to stand for "viewer control."

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1. V-chip

   V-chip is a generic term for technology used in television set receivers in the USA, Canada, and Brazil which allows the blocking of programs based on their ratings category. It is intended for use by parents to manage their children's television viewing. Televisions manufactured for the United States market since 1999 and all units as of January 2000 are required to have the V-chip technology. The idea for blocking programs in this way was patented by Brett West and John P. Gardner in 1994 and tested in Canada. Since then many devices using V-chip technology have been produced. V-chip technology works much like closed captioning and uses the vertical blanking interval in the television signal. The system receives a special code in the broadcast signal which indicates the show's score according to a simple numerical rating system for violence, sex, and language. The programs' signals are encoded according to their rating, on line 21 of the broadcast signal's vertical blanking interval using the XDS protocol, and this is detected by the television set's V-chip. If the program rating is outside the level configured as acceptable on that particular television the program is blocked. The V-chip does not block news or sports casts as this sort of programming does not have ratings.

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of V-chip in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of V-chip in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of V-chip in a Sentence

1. Dave Morrow:

   They showed the way, and they showed what a good business model it is, and if anything, Chip and Joanna are not dumb. They know a lot about business.

2. Dave Morrow:

   And if anything, Chip and Joanna are not dumb. They know a lot about business.

3. Jill Barret:

   When they first got married, they started flipping these little houses and that's sort of how they got into these whole business, joanna had this dream of opening this little store, so Chip said, ‘ I want you to follow this dream...' so she did [ and ] they opened a little store called Magnolia.

4. Jeff Day:

   We went through 10 or so different iterations of the chip.

5. Christine Bragale:

   Mercy Corps absolutely believes that humanitarian access cannot be used as a bargaining chip in any negotiations. We cannot use the lives of men, women and children as part of this process. The situation in Syria is morally unacceptable.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/V-Chip
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Chip
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=V-chip