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Glossary

calibration card

A card used to calibrate the HP PhotoSmart S20 photo scanner for scanning prints. (The
calibration card is packaged in the special pocket inside the back cover of this Basics guide.)
The calibration card contains both black and white reference sections so that the photo
scanner can be properly calibrated. See also

photo scanner calibration

.

CD-ROM

Compact disk read-only memory. A round disk containing data that can be read by a computer,
but cannot be modified.

CD-ROM drive

The drive in a computer which can read the data on a CD-ROM.

click

To press and release a mouse button once. (If not specified, this means the left mouse button.)

connector

See

USB connector

.

double-click

To click the left mouse button twice in rapid succession.

emulsion

The light-sensitive silver that is coated on the clear acetate film base, and which forms the
photograph when you take a picture and then have the film developed.

film strip

Negatives or slides produced on multiple frames (a strip) of 35 mm print film or slide film,
respectively. You can use a negative strip or a slide strip (up to 5 frames at a time) to create
scanned images via the HP PhotoSmart S20 photo scanner. See also

negative strip

and

slide strip

.

hard disk

The disk drive in a computer, which usually contains all the installed software programs as well
as data files produced by the computer’s user(s).

image

An electronic version of a photograph that can be displayed on a computer screen and saved to
a computer disk. The HP PhotoSmart S20 photo scanner can translate an original photograph
(mounted film, film strip, or print) into an image that a computer will recognize.