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Imagestore HDTV User Manual Glossary
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Glossary
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ADC Analogue to Digital Converter
AES Audio Engineering Society
BGnd Background
CGT Clip, Gain and Transparency
DAC Digital to Analogue Converter
DSK Down Stream Keyer
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
HD-SDI High Definition Serial Digital Interface (SMPTE 292M)
HDTV High Definition Television
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 Nation Television Standards Committee
Colour TV system used in;
USA, Canada, Mexico and Japan
PAL Phase Alternate Line
PCB Printed Circuit Board