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• 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.
• Deinterlacing
This is the process of converting interlaced video (like that used for a CRT) into
a non-interlaced form (such as digital video).
• 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).
• Frame
A single image grabbed from a video camera.
• Grab
To acquire or capture an image from a camera.
• Horizontal synchronization signal
The part of a video signal that indicates the end of a line and the start of a new one.
See also vertical synchronization signal.
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.
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