Glossary
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Teletext
One way broadcast of digital information. The digital information
is injected in the broadcast TV signal, VBI, or full field, The
transmission medium could be satellite, microwave, cable, etc.
The display medium is a regular TV receiver.
thick Ethernet (10base-5)
An Ethernet in which the physical medium is a double shielded,
50-ohm coaxial cable capable of carrying data at 10 Mbps for a
length of 500 meters (also referred to as thicknet).
thin Ethernet (10base-2)
An Ethernet in which the physical medium is a single-shielded,
50-ohm RG58A/U coaxial cable capable of carrying data at 10
Mbps for a length of 185 meters (also referred to as AUI or
thinnet).
twisted-pair Ethernet (10base-T)
An Ethernet in which the physical medium is an unshielded pair of
entwined wires capable of carrying data at 10 Mbps for a
maximum distance of 185 meters.
UART
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UV
UltraViolet
UVGA
Ultra Video Graphics Array. An improved VGA monitor standard
that provides at least 256 simultaneous colors and a screen
resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.
Vertical Blanking Interval (VBI)
The time it takes the beam to fly back to the top of the screen in
order to retrace the opposite field (odd or even). VBI is in the order
of 20 TV lines. Teletext information is transmitted over 4 of these
lines (lines 14-17).
VESA (bus)
Video Electronics Standards Association (or VL bus). An internal
interconnect standard for transferring video information to a
computer display system.
VGA
Video Graphics Array (IBM). The third and most common
monitor standard used today. It provides up to 256 simultaneous
colors and a screen resolution of 640 x 480 pixels.
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