What's the difference between catchup and target?

Catchup


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Catsup

Example Sentences:

  • (1) People who only watch BBC shows on catchup will be legally required to have a TV licence from 1 September, when new legislation to close the so-called “iPlayer loophole” comes into force .
  • (2) Channel 4's best audience was for Dover Castle: a Time Team Special, with 1.4 million and 6% in the 8pm hour and another 120,000 on digital catchup service Channel 4 +1 an hour later.
  • (3) In two of these three children there was a partial catchup of growth without treatment by human growth hormone.
  • (4) A key question is what being a radio station means in a digital age, when everything is available on catchup services .
  • (5) Setting a limit on the time period for which suppliers can send catchup bills for smart meters will give people greater protection when things go wrong.” Citizens Advice said 402 of the 1,500 smart-meter issues it had helped with last year were related to billing.
  • (6) After all these tricks were missed, the Corbyn camp was playing catchup – but it still had an option that it declined to play.
  • (7) Online is the way of the future.” “With the licence fee frozen in 2010 that cost pressure is really starting to bite ... the fact is the BBC does not have endless resources.” The BBC will be asked to explore use of the spectrum left behind on the network once BBC3 becomes fully online now that the trust has blocked its plans to show catchup programmes on BBC1+1.
  • (8) Read more The changes apply to anyone watching BBC programmes on catchup through any device and third-party services such as Sky, Virgin or BT.
  • (9) Channel 4's Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA pulled in 2.2 million and a 10% share at the same time, with a further 483,000 an hour later on digital catchup service Channel 4 +1.
  • (10) The BBC gave us the iPlayer internet streaming catchup service and yet it is bounded by the rationality of yesterday.
  • (11) The BBC Trust also ruled that the controversial "series stacking" feature of the iPlayer, which allows users to view entire series of certain programmes beyond the usual seven-day catchup window, would continue to be available for up to a total of 15% of output.
  • (12) Doctor Who can expect to add substantially to its audience with catchup viewing, one of the BBC’s most popular programmes seen on timeshift.
  • (13) Now, he thinks, Ireland is playing catchup, and the time is nigh to start imagining a post-religion society.
  • (14) The online catchup service received more than 100m programme requests in a month for the first time, with a total of more than 115m requests.
  • (15) For instance, it beggars belief that while C4 and Five are distributing catchup TV content seemingly on every platform going, including YouTube, they can still only watch back episodes of Coronation Street on the proprietary ITV Player.
  • (16) Since its debut in June 2007, Apple's smartphone has taken a huge chunk of the smartphone market and forced companies such as RIM, maker of the BlackBerry, and Nokia, which has the lion's share of smartphone sales, to play catchup.
  • (17) The frequency and amplitude of different types of saccades (catchup, backup, anticipatory saccades, and square wave jerks) were assessed.
  • (18) A spokesperson for TV licensing said: “As of 1 September 2016, a change in the law means you need to be covered by a TV licence to download or watch BBC programmes on demand – including catchup TV – on BBC iPlayer.
  • (19) We are saying we believe in the licence fee built also saying it needs to change and modernise.” James Purnell, the BBC’s director of strategy and digital, said it was “odd” that the licence fee rules had not previously been updated to make payment mandatory for those who choose to eschew TV and use catchup TV services.
  • (20) • Some rivals, who worry that the ability of the iPlayer to allow some series in their entirety beyond the limitations of the usual seven-day catchup window, will not be happy with a new desktop download upgrade to the iPlayer.

Target


Definition:

  • (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
  • (n.) A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
  • (n.) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target.
  • (n.) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
  • (n.) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The resulting dose distribution is displayed using traditional 2-dimensional displays or as an isodose surface composited with underlying anatomy and the target volume.
  • (2) The hypothesis that proteins are critical targets in free radical mediated cytolysis was tested using U937 mononuclear phagocytes as targets and iron together with hydrogen peroxide to generate radicals.
  • (3) The fraction of the viral dose which became cell associated was independent of the incubation temperature and increased with increasing target membrane concentration.
  • (4) The binding properties of formalin-fixed amelanotic melanoma cells were not identical to those of endothelial or unfixed target cells.
  • (5) It has been generally believed that the ligand-binding of steroid hormone receptors triggers an allosteric change in receptor structure, manifested by an increased affinity of the receptor for DNA in vitro and nuclear target elements in vivo, as monitored by nuclear translocation.
  • (6) We sought additional evidence for an inverse relationship between functional CTL-target cell affinity on the one hand, and susceptibility of the CTL-mediated killing to inhibition by alpha LFA-1 and alpha Lyt-2,3 monoclonal antibodies on the other hand.
  • (7) After midazolam infusion, there was a 50% decrease in amplitude of P3 in response to target tones (P less than 0.006), whereas N3 latency increased by 40 ms (P less than 0.05).
  • (8) In the absence of an authentic target for the MASH proteins, we examined their DNA binding and transcriptional regulatory activity by using a binding site (the E box) from the muscle creatine kinase (MCK) gene, a target of MyoD.
  • (9) Despite a 10-year deadline to have the same number of ethnic minority officers in the ranks as in the populations they serve, the target was missed and police are thousands of officers short.
  • (10) A 24-h test trial employing a dry target demonstrated a robust memory for the training manifested in passive avoidance behavior.
  • (11) For related pairs, both the primes (first pictures) and targets (second pictures) varied in rated "typicality" (Rosch, 1975), being either typical or relatively atypical members of their primary superordinate category.
  • (12) The following conclusions emerge: (i) when the 3' or the 3' penultimate base of the oligonucleotide mismatched an allele, no amplification product could be detected; (ii) when the mismatches were 3 and 4 bases from the 3' end of the primer, differential amplification was still observed, but only at certain concentrations of magnesium chloride; (iii) the mismatched allele can be detected in the presence of a 40-fold excess of the matched allele; (iv) primers as short as 13 nucleotides were effective; and (v) the specificity of the amplification could be overwhelmed by greatly increasing the concentration of target DNA.
  • (13) Charge data from the target hospital showed a statistically significant reduction in laboratory charges per patient in the quarter following program initiation (P = 0.02) and no evidence for change in a group of five comparison hospitals.
  • (14) Consequently, it is important to predict accurately dose for such fields to ensure adequate coverage of the target region and sparing of healthy tissues.
  • (15) Three effector: target ratios (6.2:1, 25:1, and 50:1) were studied in quadruplicate using 3, 4 and 5-h incubations.
  • (16) It is proposed that microoscillations of the eye increase the threshold for detection of retinal target displacements, leading to less efficient lateral sway stabilization than expected, and that the threshold for detection of self motion in the A-P direction is lower than the threshold for object motion detection used in the calculations, leading to more efficient stabilization of A-P sway.
  • (17) However, since these levels were unaltered by reducing the antiandrogen dosage, the main action of the therapy is probably that of the antiandrogen within the target cells.
  • (18) We are pleased to see the process moving forward and look forward to its resolution,” a Target spokeswoman, Molly Snyder, said in an emailed statement.
  • (19) The matter is now in the hands of the Guernsey police and the law officers.” One resident who is a constant target of the paper and has complained to police, Rosie Guille, said the allegations had a “huge impact on morale” on the island.
  • (20) This article describes a method of selecting a potentially successful strategy using a combination of two factors: change target and level of change willingness and ability.

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