Matrox Meteor-II /Digital Installation And Hardware Reference page 76

PCI
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Peripheral Component Interconnect. An expansion bus
standard for the '90s.
PCI Primary/Secondary Bus
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A high-performance bus that provides a
processor-independent data path between the CPU and
high-speed peripherals.
PLC
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Programmable Logic Controller. A device used to automate
monitoring and control of industrial plants. It can be used as
a stand-alone device or in conjunction with data acquisition.
Progressive scanning
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Describes a transfer of data in which the lines of the source
input device are written sequentially into the destination
buffer.
Also known as non-interlaced. See also interlaced scanning.
Real-time processing
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The processing of an image as quickly as the next image is
grabbed.
Also known as live processing.
RGB
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A color space that represents color using the primary colors
(red, green and blue) as components.
Synchronous function
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A function that does not return control to the caller until it
has finished executing.
See also asynchronous function.
Vertical sync
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The part of a video signal that indicates the end of a frame
and the start of a new one.
See also horizontal sync.
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