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Now that television broadcasting has become a public service in Great Britain, it is very desirable that, so far as possible, standardized terms and definitions should be used in connexion with the technique of this subject. The British Standards Institution has already made some progress in the matter in so far as the “Glossary of Terms used in Electrical Engineering” (No. 205-1936) contains two sub-sections dealing with terms used in connexion with television and with cathode ray tubes respectively. More recently, the Radio Manufacturers' Association has given consideration to the desirability of television equipment manufacturers and television engineers using a common form of nomenclature. It has been decided that, so far as possible, the technical terms given in the above Glossary should be used by manufacturers in their literature and in any instruction classes which they may operate. In addition, the Association has compiled a list of titles which are recommended for use in working the controls of television receivers. Fourteen titles are listed and described, and in so far as the modern receiver may have upwards of six hand controls directly accessible to the user, this would seem to be a very sound recommendation. It is understood that the R.M.A. has communicated the above recommendations to technical institutes providing radio engineering courses, with the view of securing their co-operation towards the desired objective.
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Standard Television Terms. Nature 143, 196 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143196b0
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