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Appendix A
Glossary
A
administrative privileges:
Authority to set software and hardware access.
Includes access and privileges to install, manage, and maintain system
and application software and directories on a network server or individual
computer systems.
API:
Application programming interface. Used for proprietary application
programs to interact with communications software or to conform to pro-
tocols from another vendor’s product.
architecture:
The software or hardware structure of all or part of a computer
system. Includes all the detailed components of the system.
audio breakout cable:
A cable that connects the SDB to audio input and
output peripherals. It contains standard RCA jacks for stereo line-out,
line-in, and auxiliary-in.
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BPP:
Bits per pixel. The number of bits used to represent the color value of
each pixel in a digitized image.
breakpoint:
A user-selectable point in code that instructs the debugger to
stop executing when that instruction is reached.
C
codec:
Coder-decoder, or compression/decompression, typically of video
or audio data.
chrominance:
The NTSC or PAL video signal contains two pieces that
make up what you see on the screen: the black and white part (lumi-
nance) and the color part. Chrominance is the color part and is also called
chroma. See also
luminance.
Appendix B