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Television

A television (also TV or telly) is a device (tool) with a screen that receives broadcast signals and turns them into pictures and sound.

Usually a TV looks like a box.

A television has an antenna (or aerial), or it has a cable. This gets the signal from the air, or cable provider. Some televisions can get signals from computers and game consoles, usually through a SCART socket.

The word television comes from the words tele (Greek for far away) and vision (seeing).

See also

• Colour television
• black-and-white television
• soap opera
• television station
• BBC

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