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| AN LCD DISPLAY IN WHICH EACH INDIVIDUAL CELL IN THE GRID HAS ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL TRANSISTOR |
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| ALTERNATING-FRAME RENDERING |
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| A METHOD OF SHARING THE VIDEO WORKLOAD IN WHICH EACH CARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RENDERING EVERY OTHER FRAME. FOR EXAMPLE, IT FOUR CARDS ARE USED, THEN EACH CARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FORTH FRAME IMAGE |
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| RATIO OF A DISPLAY AREA'S HEIGHT AND WIDTH |
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| A GRAPHIS STANDARD FOR UNCOMPRESSED ENCODING OF IMAGES |
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| A TECHNIQUE USED TO PLAY A DOWNLOADED FILE WITHOUT SKIPS OR QUIETS SPOTS DURING PLAYBACK |
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| A PICTURE TUBE IN WHICH A BEAM OF ELECTRONS SWEEPS ACROSS THE THE GLASS TUBE. EXCITING PHOSOPHOROUS DOTS IN THE SCREEN |
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| ANY HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR COMBINATION OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE THAT CAN COMPRESS AND DECOMPRESS DATE |
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| A COLLECTION OF POSSIBLE DIFFERENT COLORS THAT CAN BE DISPLATED ON A MONITOR |
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| COLOR/GRAPHIC ADAPTER (CGA) |
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| A VIDEO STANDARD THAT FEATURES TWO RESOLUTIONS:320X200 IN FOUR COLORS AND HIGHER RESOLUTIONS OF 640X200 IN TWO COLORS |
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| A MUMERIC EXPRESSION IN THE FORM OFA RATIO THAT DESCRIBES THE AMOUNT OF CONTRAST BETWEEN THE DARKEST AND LIGHTEST PIXEL IN THE IMAGE |
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| THE ELECTROMAGNETS USED TO DEFLECT THE ELECTRON BEAM IN A CRT |
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| DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERSION (DAC) |
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| A CHIP THAT CONVERTS THE DIGITAL SIGNAL FROM THE COMPUTER TO AN ANALOG SIGNAL THAT IS DISPLAYED ON THE COMPUTER'S MONITOR |
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| THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO COLOR DOTS ON THE SCREEN, MEASURED IN MILLIMETERS |
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| THE COMPONENTS THAT PRODUCE THE ELECTRON BEAM, WHICHSWEEPS ACROSS THE INSIDE OF THE SCREEN |
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| ENHANCED GRAPHIC ADAPTER(EGA) |
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| A VIDEO STANDARD THAT IMPROVED ON THE RESOLUTIONS AND COLOR CAPABILITES OF THE CGA STANDARD |
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| EXTENDED GRAPHICS ARRAY (XGA) |
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| A VIDEO STANDARD THAT SUPPORTS A RESOLUTION OF 640X480 WITH 65,536 COLORS, OR 1024X768 WITH 256 COLORS |
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| A COMPLETE SWEEP OF THE ENTIRE VIDEO DISPLAY AREA ORIENTATION |
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| A DISPLAY THAT OPERATES ON THE PRINCIPLE OF ELECTROLUMINESCENCE |
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| LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) |
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| A TYPE OF MONITOR THAT USES POLARIZED LIGHT PASSING THROUGH LIQUID CRYSTAL TO CREATE AN IMAGE ON SCREEN |
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| A MONITOR TUYPE THAT DISPLAYS ONLYA A SINGLE COLOR, USUALLY AMBER OR GREEN |
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| MOTION PICTURE EXPERT GROUP (MPEG) |
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| A STANDARD FORMAT FOR RECORDING MOTION PICTURE VIDEO AND SOUND |
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| MULTICOLOR/GRAPHIC ARRAY(MCGA) |
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| A VIDEO STANDARD THAT SUPPORTED CGA AND ALSO PROVIDED UP TO 64 SHADES OF GRAY |
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| INCORPORATATING SOUND OR VIDEO |
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| MUSICAL INSTRAMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE (MIDI) |
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| A FILE STANDARD DEVELOPED FOR MUSIC SYNTHESIZER |
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| THE RESOLUTION THAT MATCHES THE PIXEL DESIGN OF THE DESPLAY |
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| AN LCD DISPLAY IN WHICH A GRID OF SEMI-TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS IS RUN TO EACH OF THE CRYSTALS THAT MAKE UP THE INDIVIDUAL PIXELS |
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| THE CONTINUATION OF THE GLOW AFTER THE ELECTRON BEAM CEASES TO STRIKE THE PHOSPHOR AREAS. |
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| THE SMALLEST UNIT OF COLOR IN A SCREEN DISPLAY |
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| THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO SAME COLOR PIXELS ON THE DISPLAY AREA |
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| LIGHT ENERGY COMPOSED OF LIGHT BEAMS WITH A MATCHING WAVE ANGEL |
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| THE SWEEP OF THE ELECTRON BEAM |
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| THE RATE AT WHICH THE ELECTRON BEAM SWEEPS ACROSS THE SCREEN |
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| THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL A MONITOR IS CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING |
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| THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES A TFT PIXEL TO DISPLAY AFTER A SIGNAL IS SENT TO THE TRANSISTOR CONTROLLING THAT PIXEL |
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| RUN-LENGTH ENCODING (RLE) |
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| A GRAPHICS COMPRESSION FORMAT THAT REDUCES IMAGE FILE SIZE BY RECORDING STRINGS OF IDENTICL PIXELS |
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| MEASURING AN ANALOG SIGNAL AT REGULAR INTERVALS |
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| A METAL MESH WITH TRIANGULAR HOLES THAT A CRT's ELECTRON BEAM PASSES THROUGH, CREATING A CRISPER IMAGE |
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| A METHOD OF SHARING THE VIDEO WORKLOAD IN WHICH EACH CARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AN EQUAL PART OF THE FRAME IMAGE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF FOUR CARDS ARE USED, EACH CARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE-FOURTH OF THE IMAGE |
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| A VIDEO STANDARD THAT SUPPORTS 16 MILLION COLORS AND VARIOUS RESOLUTIONS UP TO 1600X1200 |
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| THIN FILM TRANSISTOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (TFT-LCD) |
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| A DISPLAY THAT CONSISTS OF A MATRIX OF THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, IN WHICH EACH TRANSISTOR CONTROLS A SINGLE PIXEL |
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| A GRAPHIC STANDARD BASED ON A SERIES OF MATHIMATICAL FORMULAS THAT BAN BE COVERTED INTO GEOMETRIC SHAPES REPRESENTING THE IMAGE TO BE DISPLAYED |
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| VIDEO GRAPHIC ARRAY (VGA) |
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| THE MIMIMUM STANDARD FOR VIDEO ADAPTERS, THAT DISPLAY AT A RESOLUTIONS OF 640X480 WITH 16 COLORS OR 320X200 WITH 256 COLORS |
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| A MEASUREMENT OF THE ANGLE AT WHICH A PERSON CAN ADEQUATELY SEE AN IMAGE ON A DISPLAY WITHOUT IT LOOKING EXCESSIVELY DISTORTED |
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