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CD-ROM

Compact Disk Read-Only Memory

CFM

Cubic Feet per Minute

CHRP

See Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP).

CHRP-compliant

See Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP).

CHRP Spec

See Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP).

CISC

Complex-Instruction-Set Computer. A computer whose processor
is designed to sequentially run variable-length instructions, many of
which require several clock cycles, that perform complex tasks and
thereby simplify programming.

CODEC

COder/DECoder

Color Difference (CD)

The signals of (R-Y) and (B-Y) without the luminance (-Y) signal.
The Green signals (G-Y) can be extracted by these two signals.

Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP)

A specification published by Apple, IBM, and Motorola which
defines the devices, interfaces, and data formats that make up a
CHRP-compliant system using a PowerPC processor.

Composite Video Signal (CVS/CVBS)

Signal that carries video picture information for color, brightness
and synchronizing signals for both horizontal and vertical scans.
Sometimes referred to as “Baseband Video”.

cpi

characters per inch

cpl

characters per line

CPU

Central Processing Unit. The master computer unit in a system.

DCE

Data Circuit-terminating Equipment.

DLL

Dynamic Link Library. A set of functions that are linked to the
referencing program at the time it is loaded into memory.

DMA

Direct Memory Access. A method by which a device may read or
write to memory directly without processor intervention. DMA is
typically used by block I/O devices.

DOS

Disk Operating System

dpi

dots per inch