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Section 8: Glossary of Terms
Term
24-bit color
AC - Alternating
Current
Adhesion
Algebraic
ANSI (American
National Standards
Institute)
ASCII (American
Standard Code for
Information
Interchange)
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Definition
A color depth for an image that uses 8 bits for each color (red,
blue, green) combining the possible 256 shades to provide a color
depth of 16.7 million colors.
An electrical current that reverses its direction at regular intervals
(typically 50 - 60 times a second).
The firm attachment of a material to the card surface, confirmed
by using the Tape Test -pulling an applied piece of adhesive tape
(Scotch 600 or equivelent) off the card at 1 sec/in to see if any
material is pulled off by the tape.
A type of color matching that takes the colors value of pixels and
applies them to an algebraic equation to adjust the levels of hue,
saturation and brightness.
The United States Representative to ISO, providing
standardization for U.S. Manufactures prior or in addition, to
acceptance by ISO.
A standard for processing information in computer processors. An
8-bit character set of 255 decimal numbers, each assigned to
numbers, letters, punctuation and special characters.
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