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CAS
CD
CD-ROM
CFM
CHRP
CHRP-compliant
CHRP Spec
CISC
CODEC
Color Difference (CD)
Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP)
Composite Video Signal (CVS/CVBS)
cpi
cpl
instructions that the CPU is most likely to use over and over
again and avoids frequent accesses to the slower hard drive
or floppy disk drive.
Column Address Strobe. The clock signal used in dynamic
RAMs to control the input of column addresses.
Compact Disc. A hard, round, flat portable storage unit that
stores information digitally.
Compact Disk Read-Only Memory
Cubic Feet per Minute
See Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP).
See Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP).
See Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP).
Complex-Instruction-Set Computer. A computer whose
processor is designed to sequentially run variable-length
instructions, many of which require several clock cycles,
that perform complex tasks and thereby simplify
programming.
COder/DECoder
The signals of (R-Y) and (B-Y) without the luminance (-Y)
signal. The Green signals (G-Y) can be extracted by these
two signals.
A specification published by the Apple, IBM, and Motorola
which defines the devices, interfaces, and data formats that
make up a CHRP-compliant system using a PowerPC
processor.
Signal that carries video picture information for color,
brightness and synchronizing signals for both horizontal
and vertical scans. Sometimes referred to as ÒBaseband
VideoÓ.
characters per inch
characters per line
Glossary
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GL-3
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