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  2. Television channel - Wikipedia

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    A television channel, or TV channel, is a terrestrial frequency or virtual number over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, channel 2 refers to the terrestrial or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video ( VSB) and 59.75 MHz for analog ...

  3. Channel (geography) - Wikipedia

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    In physical geography and hydrology, a channel is a landform on which a relatively narrow body of water is situated, such as a river, river delta or strait. While channel typically refers to a natural formation, the cognate term canal denotes a similar artificial structure. Channels are important for the functionality of ports and other bodies ...

  4. Communication channel - Wikipedia

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    A communication channel refers either to a physical transmission medium such as a wire, or to a logical connection over a multiplexed medium such as a radio channel in telecommunications and computer networking. A channel is used for information transfer of, for example, a digital bit stream, from one or several senders to one or several receivers.

  5. English Channel - Wikipedia

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    English Channel. / 50.2; -2. The English Channel, [a] [1] also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France. It links to the southern part of the North Sea by the Strait of Dover at its northeastern end. It is the busiest shipping area in the world. [2]

  6. Channelopathy - Wikipedia

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    Genetic variants. Channelopathies are a group of diseases caused by the dysfunction of ion channel subunits or their interacting proteins. These diseases can be inherited or acquired by other disorders, drugs, or toxins. Mutations in genes encoding ion channels, which impair channel function, are the most common cause of channelopathies. [1]

  7. Glossary of broadcasting terms - Wikipedia

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    1. Sky News, an international news service and pay television channel based out of London, England. 2. Sky News Australia, a pay television channel in Australia formerly under common ownership with the British Sky News. slipmat A slipmat was a mat that was placed on a record deck between the deck and the record.

  8. Television broadcaster - Wikipedia

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    Television broadcaster. A television broadcaster or television network is a telecommunications network for the distribution of television content, where a central operation provides programming to many television stations, pay television providers or, in the United States, multichannel video programming distributors.

  9. Channel - Wikipedia

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    Channel (digital image), the grayscale representation of a primary color in a digital image. Channel (programming), in computer science, a tool used for interprocess communication. Channel I/O, in computing, a high-performance input/output (I/O) architecture. Video blog, hosted by a video-sharing website or channel.