TYAN TACHYON G9000, User Manual

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Acronym Full Expression
LOD Level of Detail
MB Mega Byte
MPEG
Motion Pictures Experts Group. Refers to compressed video image
streams in either MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 formats.
NTSC
National Television Standards Committee. The standard definition
TV system used in North America and other areas.
PAL
Phase Alternate Line. The standard definition TV system used in
Europe and other areas.
PCI Peripheral Component Interface
PEROM Flash Programmable and Erasable Read Only Memory
PLL Phase Locked Loop
POST Power On Self Test
ROP Raster Operation
SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic RAM
SGRAM Synchronous Graphics RAM
TMDS Transition Minimized Differential Signaling
UV Chrominance (also CrCb). Corresponds to the color of a pixel.
VBI Vertical Blank Interval
VESA Video Electronics Standards Association
VIP Video Interface Port
YPbPr
A three signal analog interface method for display data. Similar to
YUV. Also known as "component video".
YUV
The method of video signal color encoding. Includes luma (Y, black
and white component) and chroma (UV, color component)