What do they call that feature - Program ID transposed on TV set

[Sven Franklyn Weil]

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Fitzpatrick, Michael wrote:
> Trivia time, what does the "V" in V Chip stand for?

"Violence"?  

I thought the whole idea of legislating the parental control 
chip in TV sets (a feature that existed in digitally tuned cable TV boxes 
for as long as I can remember -- as far back as 1991) was so that parents 
could block their kids from tuning in "violent" shows.

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Sven