Olympus FLUOVIEW FV1000 User Manual page 454

Appendix B Glossary
Disk drive
The storage device storing the files. Some disk drives
such as the hard disk drive and floppy disk drive are
capable of both input and output, and some such as
the CD-ROM drive is designed for read only.
Dot
Pixel.
Double-click
Action of pressing and releasing the mouse button
quickly twice, without moving the moue.
Drag
Action of placing the mouse pointer on the target
function, pressing the mouse button, moving the
mouse while keeping the mouse button pressed, and
releasing the mouse button at the destination position.
Drive
Disk drive.
Drive name
Character such as "A" and "C", assigned to each drive.
→ Disk drive.
E
Extended focus
View of an XYZ image obtained by projection in the
Z-direction.
Extension
Up to 3 characters after a period, which are attached
at the end of a file name. The extension usually
represents the type of the file or directory.
F
File
Group of information which is named and saved in a
disk
G
Gain
This function brightens the image by the ratio set at
the time of image acquisition. Use Gain when a bright
image cannot be obtained even by setting PMT
Voltage to 800 V.
OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS
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B - 2
Group
Refers to the applications registered in the program
manager. When a group is opened on the program
manager, more than one icon is displayed in the
window. When the group is closed, the group
becomes an icon of the window.
I
Icon
An icon is a small figure with characters below it. The
icon indicates the status in which the window is closed
(or minimized).
Iconize
This refers to turn a window into an icon display by
using the iconize button of the [Iconize] command in
the control menu. The application continues to run
even after it has been turned into an icon. Selecting
an icon returns it to the active application.
Intensity
Brightness of each pixel in an image.
Items displayed in pale color
The menu commands and buttons which cannot be
used are displayed in less visible way, i.e. in a pale
color or gray.
K
Keyboard input
Action of inputting an alphanumeric character from the
keyboard of the computer.
L
LUT(LookUpTable)
The image acquired by observation (input) has 12 bits
of brightness data per pixel. Meanwhile, the
brightness data which can actually be displayed
(output) consists of 8 bits per pixel for each of R, G
and B. The LUT is the tabulation of this relationship
between the input and output.