Entertainment

Entertainment

The art or field of entertaining, especially that provided by performers.

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acceleration

Entertainment; Video

Graphic accelerators function like application-specific microprocessors whose purpose is to work in conjunction with a PC’s host microprocessor to display graphics. In general, ...

amplitude

Entertainment; Video

The height of a waveform above or below the zero line.

access time

Entertainment; Video

a) The time required to receive valid data from a memory device following a read signal. b) This is the time it takes from when a disk command is sent until the disk reaches the ...

amplitude modulation

Entertainment; Video

a) The process used for some radio (AM broadcast, in North American audio service broadcast over 535 kHz-1705 kHz) and television video transmission. A low-frequency (program) ...

access unit (AU)

Entertainment; Video

a) The coded data for a picture or block of sound and any stuffing (null values) that follows it. b) A coded representation of a presentation unit. In the case of audio, an access ...

amplitude modulation with vestigial sideband (AM-VSB)

Entertainment; Video

The form of modulation used in broadcast and cable television transmission. It is more efficient than dual-sideband amplitude modulation and is easier to implement than ...