digislate

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English

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Etymology

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From digi- +‎ slate.

Noun

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digislate (plural digislates)

  1. (science fiction) A computer resembling a slate or tablet.
    • 2014, Pierce Brown, Red Rising:
      I have us make maps of our territory on digislates we found in a waterlogged cellar at the bottom of a ravine, []
    • 2016, Tessa Elwood, Split the Sun:
      I used to borrow one of the inventory digislates with general network access, then slip up here to research.
  2. (film) A clapperboard with a digital display.
    • 2003, Chris Jones, Guerilla Film Makers Movie Blueprint, page 318:
      A DigiSlate is a clapperboard with the ingenious addition of a digital timecode display (hours : minutes : seconds : frames).
    • 2010, Richard W. Kroon, A/V A to Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Media, Entertainment and Other Audiovisual Terms, page 207:
      A DigiSlate can be set to display either SMPTE or internal (real time) time code.