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Imagestore User Manual Appendix 2
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Appendix 2
Glossary
AES Audio Engineering Society
BGnd Background
CGT Clip, Gain and Transparency
DAC Digital to Analogue Converter
EAS Emergency Alert System
EBU European Broadcasting Union
En/Dis Enable or Disable
FDD Floppy Disk Drive
FG Foreground
FIFO First-In-First-Out (a data buffer)
FTB Fade to Black
GPI General Purpose Interface
Hz Hertz (cycles per second)
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
LTC Longitudinal Time Code
Mb/s Megabits per second (10
6
bits per second)
MG Midground
MHz Megahertz (10
6
cycles per second)
mV Millivolt (10
-3
volt)
NTSC Colour TV system used in;
USA, Canada, Mexico and Japan
PAL Phase Alternate Line
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PGM Programme
PIN Personal Identification Number