set-top box
noun [C] COMMUNICATIONSDefinition
› a piece of electronic equipment that makes it possible to watch digital television, to use the internet on ordinary televisions, or to connect to cable or satellite television programmes: The company distributes movies over the web via set-top boxes plugged into TVs.
(Definition of set-top box noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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