Meanings
nounbleep censor (plural bleep censors)
plural bleep censors
- computingA software module, manually operated by a broadcast technician, putting a five-second broadcast delay on the live content, providing time to censor the audio (and video) feed, and used to censor out what many consider "inappropriate" audio content during a live broadcast signal and replace it with a bleep signal.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 尖銳聲音檢查員 /尖锐声音检查员
- 尖銳聲音檢查員 /尖锐声音检查员 (jianrui shengyin jiangzhayuan)software module
Dutch piepsignaal censor
- piepsignaal censorsoftware module
French censeur de bip
- censeur de bipsoftware module
German Pieptonzensor
- Pieptonzensorsoftware module
Italian censore di segnale
- censore di segnalesoftware module
Korean 삐익하는 소리 검열관
- 삐익하는 소리 검열관 (ppiikhaneun sori geomyeolgwan)software module
Latin censor signalis
- censor signalissoftware module
Russian запикивание
- запикивание (zapikivanije)software module
Spanish censor de la señal
- censor de la señalsoftware module
Cite this entry
APA
bleep censor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bleep%20censor
MLA
“bleep censor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bleep%20censor. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bleep censor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bleep%20censor.
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