Grass Valley PROFILE FAMILY v.2.5 - Manual (Page 367)

Glossary
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Capture
Generally, the act of storing digital audio and video in memory or on a disk.
The process may involve converting an analog signal to a digital one. Some
compression of the digital data may be involved.
Cartridge tape
A tape used in the library that stores video and audio in digital form.
CD-ROM
Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory, the preferred medium for multimedia
storage because of its large capacity, high quality, ease of use, and low cost.
Channel
A collection of video, audio, and timecode resources used for either playing
or recording.
Chroma
A term that describes the saturation or vividness of a color. A chroma of 0
describes a neutral, gray color. Chroma ranges to the most vivid color a
screen or printer generates for a specific hue and value. See Hue.
Cleaning cartridge
A special tape cartridge that cleans tape transports on demand.
Clicking
Quickly pressing and releasing the left mouse button (usually) without
moving the pointer.
Clip
A clip is a reference to recorded video or audio tracks from a single source,
and may include timecode. If a clip includes both video and audio, they must
be synchronous. A reference to several clips edited together is called a
master. Deleting a clip will delete its associated material only if that material
is not used by another clip or master.
Clip position
Clip position refers to the current location in a clip, denoted by timecode.