dog
n.— «Programming and films on digital TV channels are, he complains, routinely disfigured by irrelevant and unnecessary captions and graphic devices and, in particular, by “dogs” (digital on-screen graphics) or “bugs” identifying the channel.» —“No logo campaign takes shape” by Nick Higham BBC Apr. 16, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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