A bleep censor is the replacement of a profanity or classified information with a beep sound (usually a 1000 Hz tone (help·info)) in television and radio.
Bleeping has been used for many years as a means of censoring TV programs to remove content not deemed suitable for "family" or "daytime" viewing and personal information for privacy. The bleep censor is a software module, manually operated by a broadcast technician. A bleep is sometimes accompanied by a digital blur or box over the speaker's ...
