Re: Codes sent by text message

The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:

On 3/15/24 1:09 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:

On 3/15/24 11:21 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

   Exactly! His term "classical TV" didn't mean a thing to me, way too
ambiguous. OTOH, I knew what "linear TV" means.

 
Is it the opposite of logarithmic TV?  I've been watching it since 1948
or so and I've never heard that term.  OTA?

 
   It's somewhat reasonably explained in Jörg's reference, so I suggest
to read that.
 
   It's 'normal'/'scheduled'/real-time/<whatever> TV as we've always
known it. The transmission technology is not really relevant, so it
covers both OTA and any other method, cable, satellite, etc..
 
   I have cable TV, but most of what I watch has been recorded (by me),
so it's no longer "linear TV". If that hasn't confused you, I have to
try harder,

 
No need, you did a fine job!  I was more interested in where the word
itself came from as a descriptor of 'original' TV.
 
"Where in hell did THAT usage come from?" frequently stops me in my tracks.

  Elementary, dear Watson! It's of course a retronym.

  Just kidding. I threw "linear TV" at Wikipedia and came up with this:

"Broadcast programming
 ...
 With the growth of digital platforms and services allowing non-linear,
 on-demand access to television content, this approach to broadcasting
 has since been referred to using the retronym linear (such as linear
 television and linear channels)."

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_programming>

  See also the explanation/link of "non-linear" in that paragraph.

  "Wikipedia, don't leave home without it!" [1]

[1] When I need/want to look something up, Wikipedia and Google's
"define:" search clause [2] are my first ports of call.

[2] I.e. in this case <https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+linear+TV>
which gives as the first hit
"Linear TV is a traditional system in which a viewer watches a scheduled
 TV program when it's broadcasted and on its original channel."
(from <https://www.oracle.com/advertising/measurement/ctv-vs-ott>)