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A test card, also known as a test pattern or start-up/closedown test, is a television test signal, typically broadcast at times when the transmitter is active but no program is being broadcast (often at sign-on and sign-off), and may be accompanied by a bleep sound.
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| correct color decoding | instance of | and can also test for additional parameters | 0.80 | text |
| sync | instance of | and can also test for additional parameters | 0.80 | text |
| frames per second | instance of | and can also test for additional parameters | 0.80 | text |
| and frequency response | instance of | and can also test for additional parameters | 0.80 | text |
| a vectorscope | instance of | These patterns are specially tailored to be used in conjunction with devices | 0.80 | text |
| allowing precise adjustments of image equipment.The audio broadcast while test cards are shown is typically a sine wave tone | instance of | These patterns are specially tailored to be used in conjunction with devices | 0.80 | text |
| radio | instance of | These patterns are specially tailored to be used in conjunction with devices | 0.80 | text |
| large LED walls | instance of | the use of test cards has also expanded beyond television to other digital displays | 0.80 | text |
| video projectors | instance of | the use of test cards has also expanded beyond television to other digital displays | 0.80 | text |
| VTRs | instance of | or other equipment | 0.80 | text |
| the famous Indian-head test pattern of the 1950s | instance of | most test cards | 0.80 | text |
| 1960s have long since been relegated to history | instance of | most test cards | 0.80 | text |
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