Entertainment

Entertainment

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

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border modify (key)

Entertainment; Video

An enhancement to the basic key border function allowing up to 14 lines of dropshadow or reinserted insert video in a decaying mode. This uses a patented circuit which increases ...

compact disc (CD)

Entertainment; Video

A 4.75" disc used to store optical, machinereadable, digital data that can be accessed with a laser-based reader such as a CD player.

bottom field

Entertainment; Video

One of two fields that comprise a frame of interlaced video. Each line of a bottom field is spatially located immediately below the corresponding line of the top field.

compact disc interactive

Entertainment; Video

CD-I means Compact Disc Interactive. It is meant to provide a standard platform for mass consumer interactive multimedia applications. So it is more akin to CD-DA, in that it is a ...

bounce

Entertainment; Video

a) An unnatural sudden variation in the brightness of the picture. b) Oscillations and noise generated when a mechanical switch is opened or closed. See Debounce.

compact disc read only memory

Entertainment; Video

a) CD-ROM means “Compact Disc Read Only Memory.” A CD-ROM is physically identical to a Digital Audio Compact Disc used in a CD player, but the bits recorded on it are interpreted ...

boundary representation modeling

Entertainment; Video

This modeling technique defines a world in terms of its edges. The primary components of a boundary rep world are vertices and polygons. PictureMaker is a boundary rep system.