timestamping
Marking the time
Timestamping is the act of recording when something occurred or was created.
Digital files carry timestamps showing creation and modification dates.
Security cameras timestamp footage.
In computing and cryptography, timestamping provides verifiable proof that data existed at a particular moment: Timestamping the document establishes when it was signed.
The practice is essential for audit trails, legal records, and version control.
Aligning timing across systems
- timecodeFrame-by-frame position reference
- millisecondsThousandths of a second
- UTCUniversal time standard
- NTPClock synchronization protocol
GPS · latency · timekeeping · nanoseconds · drift · calibration · accuracy · exactness
Recording system events
- recordsStored data or albums
- changelogRecord of project updates
- logbookOfficial record of events
- trackingMonitoring location over time
annotation · watermarking · notarization · authentication · verification · forensics · compliance · filing
On-screen dialogue text
- captionsText describing visual content
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- footageRecorded video material
playback · timecode · closed-captioning · dubbing · post-production · markers · scrubbing · rendering
Ordered display of events
- sequentialOccurring in succession
- orderingPlacing in sequence
- datingPursuing romantic connections
- temporalRelating to chronology
progression · history · annals · chronicles · genealogy · periodization · backdating · antedating
synchronization
Aligning timing across systems
- timecodeFrame-by-frame position reference
- millisecondsThousandths of a second
- UTCUniversal time standard
NTP · GPS · latency · timekeeping · nanoseconds · drift · calibration · accuracy · exactness · synchrony
logging
Recording system events
tracking · annotation · watermarking · notarization · authentication · verification · forensics · compliance · filing · registration
subtitles
On-screen dialogue text
- captionsText describing visual content
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
footage · playback · timecode · closed-captioning · dubbing · post-production · markers · scrubbing · rendering
timeline
Ordered display of events
- sequentialOccurring in succession
- orderingPlacing in sequence
- datingPursuing romantic connections
temporal · progression · history · annals · chronicles · genealogy · periodization · backdating · antedating · postdating
- Transcriptiontranscript, transcriptionist, live transcription, verbatim, dictation
- data collectionsurveys, interviews, questionnaires, forms, polls
- business proceduresrecording, processing, documenting, approving, verifying
- signal processingsignal processing, FFT, convolution, sampling, aliasing
time, stamp, timestamp, timestamps, timestamped, datestamp, datestamped