Grass Valley PROFILE FAMILY v.2.5 - Manual (Page 365)

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Glossary
Access Time
The time it takes to find and retrieve digital information, generally from hard
disk storage.
AES/EBU
Acronym for Audio Engineering Society/European Broadcasting Union, an
industry standard for the transmission of serial digital audio information. The
standard specifies the physical attributes of the link, as well as how the
information is transmitted along it.
A to D
Analog-to-digital converter. An electronic component that converts
incoming analog signals into its digital representation.
Analog video
Video represented as a continuously variable electrical signal. Consumer TV
and domestic VCRs are analog video devices. Analog video can be converted
to digital format to be stored and manipulated by computer or other digital
devices.
Archive library
The archive library is an automated tape storage device used to supplement a
machine’s disk storage. The library consists of digital tape cartridges and, in
some cases, robot that moves cartridges to and from tape transports.
ASPB
Audio signal processing board. An audio board on the PDR 200 that provides
16 channels of analog, embedded digital, and AES/EBU digital audio. You
can install up to two ASPBs in a PDR200 for 32 channels of audio.
Assemble record mode
Video and all audio tracks assigned to a machine are recorded
simultaneously, along with timecode, and any previous contents are
overwritten. Traditionally this mode is used when appending to a master tape
that has not had black, timecode, and control track previously recorded
before editing.