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The discipline, art, skill and profession of applying scientific knowledge and principles to the design and manufacturing of machines, structures, devices, systems, materials and processes.

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VCR

Entertainment; TV

Video Cassette Recorder.

Hawaii

Geography; Geography

50 US State; admitted August 21, 1959

phase alternation line (PAL)

Consumer electronics; Video camera

Color video standard pioneered in Europe but also used in many other parts of the world. PAL uses 625 scanning lines per picture, 25 pictures (frames) per second, each frame is ...

VHF

Entertainment; TV

Very High Frequency. This is the part of the radio spectrum from 30 to 300 megahertz, which includes TV Channels 2-13, and the FM broadcast band.

Illinois

Geography; Geography

21st US State; admitted December 3, 1818

PowerHAD

Consumer electronics; Video camera

PowerHAD is further improvement of the Hyper HAD CCD technology, where the microscopic lenses focus more light onto the light sensors thus increased sensitivity and reduced smear.

virtual channel

Entertainment; TV

In telecommunications, a channel designation which differs from the actual channel or frequency on which the signal travels. The term is most often applied to television, where ...

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