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Absolute time code

Entertainment; Video

Absolute time code (ATC) is generally recorded in the subcode or control track region of any digital tape. This is the code that digital tape machines use to locate specific points on a tape for ...

In acoustics, the opposite of reflection. Sound waves are “absorbed” or soaked up by soft materials they encounter. Studio designers put this fact to work to control the problem of reflections coming ...

Acceleration

Entertainment; Video

Graphic accelerators function like application-specific microprocessors whose purpose is to work in conjunction with a PC’s host microprocessor to display graphics. In general, graphic accelerators ...

Access time

Entertainment; Video

A) The time required to receive valid data from a memory device following a read signal. b) This is the time it takes from when a disc command is sent until the disc reaches the data sector ...

Access unit (AU)

Entertainment; Video

A) The coded data for a picture or block of sound and any stuffing (null values) that follows it. b) A coded representation of a presentation unit. In the case of audio, an access unit is the coded ...

Accumulator

Entertainment; Video

One or more registers associated with the Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU), which temporarily store sums and other arithmetical and logical results of the ALU.