Matrox Electronic Systems II Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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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.
Composite sync
A synchronization signal made up of two components: one
horizontal and one vertical.
Contiguous memory
A block of memory occupying a single, consecutive series of
locations.
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.
Display memory
See frame buffer.
A software program that tells an operating system how to use
a hardware device.
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.
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).