Matrox Electronic Systems II - Manual (Page 121)

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■ Color space
A color space is a way of representing and describing the
complete range of perceived colors. A number of color spaces
have been developed. Common color spaces are RGB and
HSL. Both describe the same range of perceivable colors.
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Composite sync
A synchronization signal made up of two components: one
horizontal and one vertical.
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Contiguous memory
A block of memory occupying a single, consecutive series of
locations.
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DCF
Digitizer Configuration Format. A DCF defines the input
data format and among other things, how to accept or
generate video timing signals such as horizontal sync,
vertical sync, and pixel clock.
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Display memory
See frame buffer.
A software program that tells an operating system how to use
a hardware device.
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Ethernet cable
A wire similar to a telephone cable that carries the signals
between Ethernet devices.
■ Exposure time
Refers to the period during which the image sensor of a
camera is exposed to light. As the length of this period
increases, so does the image brightness.
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Field
One of the two halves that make up an image. One half
consists of the image’s odd lines (known as the odd field); the
other half consists of the image’s even lines (known as the
even field).