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Propriety computer systems specially made for playing video games such as home consoles, handhelds or hybrid consoles.

A server or computer used to store content for distribution to digital signage.

Software tools or web services for creating and amending website content. Typically, CMS are browser-based web applications running on a server. All enable users to readily add new pages within an existing page template. One of the most common CMS systems is Drupal. 

Content marketing is a strategic marketing approach focused on creating and distributing valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract a clearly-defined audience.

Contextual targeting is when an ad is targeted based purely on the subject and environment of the content (including but not limited to text, audio, video or images). It is not based on any characteristics of the user and therefore does not rely on any personally identifiable information (PII).

A population centre. There are twenty-four Route conurbations. We use the government’s definition to determine their limits. The conurbations do not cover the whole country, but instead cover the largest city areas.

A trend in which different hardware devices such as televisions, computers and telephones merge and have similar functions.

A measure of success, or metric, of an online ad when compared to the click-through rate. What defines a ‘conversion’ depends on the marketing objective. It can be defined as a sale or request to receive more information. Ten 'click-throughs' might provide one conversion, for example.

Number of days after exposure where a vendor will attribute visits to a campaign. This can vary by business and category.