(television) Text which can be displayed on a television or other video screen with suitable equipment, usually a transcription or description of audio material.

The state or quality of being closed-minded.

The display of text on a television or video screen, usually a transcription of the audio portion of a program as it occurs (either verbatim or in edited form), most frequently used by the deaf and language learners. Closed captions are encoded invisibly, and displayed by a decoder.

Not open to participation by non-members or the public.

(computing) A testing arrangement in which a beta test version of software is distributed to a small group of testers.

(linguistics) A syllable that ends in a consonant.

(algebra, field theory, of a field) Which contains as an element every root of every nonconstant univariate polynomial definable over it (i.e., over said field).

plural of closed compound

plural of closed syllable

(education) Referring to an examination in which external resources such as glossaries, study notes, and calculators are prohibited.