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Definition of caption

Descriptive text that represents the audio content of a television or video program as text on the screen. Captions are usually visible only if decoded or activated.

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Other definitions of caption

Descriptive text that is associated with a piece of content, such as an image.

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The horizontal bar at the top of a window that displays the name of the window. Title bars can contain different buttons, such the Minimize, Maximize, and Close buttons, so that you can control how you want to view the window.

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the descriptive, printed line(s) of text that occasionally appears on the screen, usually at the bottom of the frame, to describe the time/place, or to translate a foreign word/phrase; different from closed-captioning (closed captions are all white uppercase (capital) letters encased in a black box that require a decoder or television with a decoder chip to be viewed) for deaf or hard-of-hearing viewers; see also subtitles

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