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Glossary 327
WAVE audio Uncompressed or compressed digital audio file format developed by Microsoft
Corporation. Files have the extension .wav.
widescreen Video displayed at a 16:9 ratio.
Y411 FOURCC code for a YUV color format.
YUV Color model used in analog or digital video; this model was developed to enable both
black-and-white and color televisions to use the same video signal. The video signal is made
up of a brightness (Y) component and two color (U and V) components. The Y component
is the black-and-white signal. The U component contains the difference between blue and
the Y component (blue – Y), whereas the V component contains the difference between red
and the Y component (red – Y). This color model is also often abbreviated as YCbCr.
YUNV See YUY2.
YUY2 FOURCC code for an uncompressed YUV color format used by many video capture
cards. Developed by Microsoft Corporation.
YUYV FOURCC code for a compressed YUV color format. Developed by Canopus
Corporation.
YV12 The FOURCC code for a YUV color format. Developed by Intel Corporation.
YVYU FOURCC code for a YUV color format.
ZORAN422 See UYVY.