Grass Valley PDR v.2.2 User Manual
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Glossary
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Profile Family
BNC
Connector used in professional A/V components. The BNC connection
provides optimum shielding between the video input signal lines to provide
the best possible performance. BNC was recently adopted as an alternate
AES signal connector.
Button (on the display)
A small display box that has a raised appearance and contains text.
Generally, clicking on a button activates a function or performs some action.
See Clicking.
Button (on the mouse)
The two or three buttons on the top of the mouse.
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.
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.