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contour enhancement
Entertainment; Video
A general term usually intended to include both aperture correction and edge enhancement.
buss
Entertainment; Video
In video switching equipment, a wire carrying line-level signals (anything greater than mike level).
conditional access table (CAT)
Entertainment; Video
Provides information on the conditional access systems used. Packets having PID codes of 1 and that contain information about the scrambling system. See ECM and EMM.
contouring
Entertainment; Video
Video picture defect due to quantizing at too coarse a level. The visual effect of this defect is that pictures take on a layered look somewhat like a geographical contoured map.
card guides
Entertainment; Video
Narrow metal tracks at the top and bottom of the chassis into which you slide printed circuit boards.
cardioid
Entertainment; Video
The quasi-heart-shaped sensitivity pattern of most unidirectional microphones. Hypercardioid and supercardioid microphones have basically similar patterns, but with longer, narrower areas of ...