For example, you can allow a social-networking app to use your camera, so you can take and upload pictures to that app. This usage has existed at least since the 1980s.Privacy settings in iOS and iPadOS help give you control over which apps have access to information stored on your device. This is used to indicate that the investor is acquiring some portion of a pending pool of as-yet unspecified mortgages, which will be specified at a given delivery date. "TBA" (meaning "to be announced") is also used to describe a specific type of simple mortgage investment, the forward mortgage-backed security. The age rating system of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) requires the use of "tbc" (meaning "to be classified") for products that have been submitted to the BBFC and are awaiting final rating. In program guide listings, both paper and electronic, the term indicates that the program to be aired by a television station or channel will be announced in the near future, a last-second decision to remove a program or film where the content to be aired in its place cannot be updated on short notice by the listings provider, or that a program's airing (or delay to another time) depends on the continuation of a sports playoff series, which usually applies between the fifth and seventh matches or games of a best-of-seven series. In government and business, the terms may be used to indicate that a vacant organizational position is expected to be filled, or conversely that a particular individual will be employed in an as-yet-uncreated position. The terms are also used in sports schedules, particularly where one team has locked in a position in a playoff schedule, but its opponent cannot yet be determined because several teams may qualify for the spot depending on their remaining wins or losses for the season, or because other teams have not yet competed in playoff games that will determine who will face the locked-in team. If the forthcoming project is not yet named, these placeholders may be used to indicate that the name has not yet been selected, although the project may also be designated as " untitled" pending that determination. The terms also frequently indicate that a creative work, such as an album or film, is forthcoming but that the date of release is not yet known.
These various placeholder terms are often used to indicate to the public that a vacant position in a lineup of speakers, musicians, or other performers remains to be filled. Use of the abbreviation "TBA" is formally reported in a reference work at least as early as 1955, and "TBD" is similarly reported as early as 1967. Other similar phrases sometimes used to convey the same meaning, and using the same abbreviations, include "to be ascertained", "to be arranged", "to be adjudicated", and "to be done". To be arranged, to be agreed ( TBA), to be determined ( TBD) or to be decided – the appropriateness, feasibility, location, etc.To be confirmed ( TBC), to be resolved ( TBR), or to be provided ( TBP) – details may have been determined and possibly announced, but are still subject to change prior to being finalized.To be announced ( TBA) or to be declared ( TBD) – details may have been determined, but are not yet ready to be announced.These phrases are similar, but may be used for different degrees of indeterminacy: To be announced ( TBA), to be confirmed ( TBC), to be determined, decided or declared ( TBD), and other variations, are placeholder terms used very broadly in event planning to indicate that although something is scheduled or expected to happen, a particular aspect of that remains to be fixed or set.
For other uses, see TBA (disambiguation).
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