Entertainment

Entertainment

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

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display control interface (DCI)

Entertainment; Video

A software layer that provides direct control of the display system to an application or client. The display vendor provides information to the system (in addition to the display ...

direct draw (DD)

Entertainment; Video

A Windows 95 version of DCI. See DCI.

disc description protocol (DDP)

Entertainment; Video

A file or group of files which describe how to master a data image file for optical disc (DVD or CD). This is an ANSI industry standard developed by Doug Carson and Associates. ...

digital disk recorder (DDR)

Entertainment; Video

a) A digital video recording device based on high-speed computer disk drives. Commonly used as a means to get video into and out from computers. b) A video recording device that ...

debouncing

Entertainment; Video

Elimination of the bounce signals characteristic of mechanical switches. Debouncing can be performed by either hardware or software.

bit error rate (BER)

Entertainment; Video

a) This term is used in High Density Digital Recording (HDDR), or High Density Recording (HDR), or other such names and refers to the number of errors a specific magnetic tape may ...

coding/decoding (CODEC)

Entertainment; Video

a) The algorithm used to capture analog video or audio onto your hard drive. b) Used to implement the physical combination of the coding and decoding circuits. c) A device for ...