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Directional source

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Light that emanates from a constant direction with a constant intensity. This is called the infinite light source.

Directory

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A container in the file system in which you store other directories and files.

Direct-view

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A CRT watched directly, as opposed to one projecting its image on a screen.

Discrete cosine transform (DCT)

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A) Used in JPEG and the MPEG, H.261 and H.263 video compression algorithms, DCT techniques allow images to be represented in the frequency rather than time domain. Images can be represented in the ...

Digivision

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A company with an early line-doubling ATV scheme.

Dimmer switch

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A control used to gradually increase and decrease the electricity sent to a lighting fixture, thereby effecting the amount of light given by the lighting fixture.

Dual in-line package (DIP)

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Standard IC package with two parallel rows of pins.

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