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Bug

Entertainment; Video

An error in a computer program. Eliminating errors is known as debugging.

Compressing-expanding

Entertainment; Video

Analogue compression is used at one point in the communications path to reduce the amplitude range of the signals, followed by an expander to produce a complementary increase in the amplitude range.

Breathing

Entertainment; Video

Amplitude variations similar to “bounce” but at a slow, regular rate.

Bridge

Entertainment; Video

Bridges are devices that connect similar and dissimilar LANs at the data link layer (OSI layer 2), regardless of the physical layer protocols or media being used. Bridges require that the networks ...

Component colour

Entertainment; Video

Structure of a video signal wherein the R', G', and B' signals are kept separate from each other or wherein luminance and two band-limited color-difference signals are kept separate from one ...

Bumping up

Entertainment; Video

Transferring a programme recorded on a lower quality videotape to a higher quality videotape (e.g., from Hi-8 to Betacam). Bumping up to a higher format allows footage to be preserved on a more ...

Compression (bit rate)

Entertainment; Video

Compression is used in the digital environment to describe initial digital quantization employing transforms and algorithms encoding data into a representation that requires fewer bits or lower data ...

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