1 Terms
Contributors in Video
Video
Artefacts
Entertainment; Video
A) artefacts can range from noise and snow, to spots. Anything that is visually wrong with the picture is an artifact. artefacts however do not include picture errors caused by improperly adjusted ...
Aspect ratio
Entertainment; Video
The ratio of the width of the picture to the height. For most current TVs, this ratio is 4:3. For HDTV, the ratio will be 16:9. The aspect ratio, along with the number of vertical scan lines that ...
Aspect ratio accommodation
Entertainment; Video
Techniques by means of which something shot in one aspect ratio can be presented in another. The five currently used or proposed techniques are compared in the following table. It is also possible to ...
Assembled edit
Entertainment; Video
Electronic edit that replaces all previously recorded material with new audio and video and a new control track, starting at the edit point. Inserting a new control track allows for a constant speed ...
Assembly language
Entertainment; Video
Machine-oriented language. A programme is normally written as a series of statements using mnemonic symbols that suggest the definition of the instruction. It is then translated into machine language ...
Asymmetric compression
Entertainment; Video
Compression in which the encoding and decoding require different processing power (the encoding is normally more demanding).
Asymmetrical digital subscriber line
Entertainment; Video
Bellcore’s term for one-way T-1 to the home over the plain old, single twisted pair wiring already going to homes. ADSL is designed to carry video to the home. ADSL, like ISDN, uses adaptive digital ...
