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Ingest is a term used in broadcast that refers to the process of transferring content to a digital editing or storage system. In consumer speak, it means recording video material on to a hard disk recorder. The whole process includes digitizing the signal, compressing the digital data stream to reduce the amount of data stored and finally, storing the data as a file on a hard disk. Often, additional data is added to the file - program identifiers and time stamps, for example.

The ever increasing automation of broadcasting means that more and more content is stored on video servers, ready to be played out on demand by transmission scheduling systems. Video ingest is a big activity right now as broadcasters transfer thousands of hours of tape to compressed, digital hard disk storage.

Medicine and Diet:

To ingest something is to take it into the body, such as by eating.

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