Matrox Meteor Installation And Hardware Reference page 53

52 Appendix C: Glossary
HSL
A color space that represents color using components of hue,
saturation, and luminance. The hue component describes the
actual color of a pixel. The saturation component describes
the concentration of that color. The luminance component
describes the combined brightness of the primary colors.
Host
In general, Host refers to the principal CPU in one's
computer.
Interlaced scanning
Describes a transfer of data in which the odd-numbered lines
of the source are written to the destination buffer first and
then the even-numbered lines (or vice-versa).
See also progressive scanning.
Latency
The time from when an operation is started to when the final
result is produced.
Live processing
See real-time processing.
LUT mapping
Look-up table mapping. A point-to-point operation that uses
a table to define a replacement value for each possible pixel
value in an image.
LVDS
Low-Voltage Differential Signaling. It is a way to
communicate data using a very low voltage swing (about
350mV) over two differential printed circuit board (PCB)
traces or a balanced cable.
MSPS
Mega Samples per second.
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect. An expansion bus
standard for the '90s.