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.Employing the algorithm 3 DCubic, it uses the brightness and colourT information of the neighbouring pixelsTele converter Lens attachment that extends the focal when processing the pixel data.Theselength.(’! Macro-converter, ’! wide- calculations, only possible with theangle-converter) super-fast Risc and Olympus Asic pro-cessor, lead to digital pictures that setTemplate card ’! SmartMedia function card.standards for picture sharpness, con-trast, true colours, and gradation.TFT Thin film technology.Currently the high-est quality of colour LC-Displays.TFT- TTL metering Through The Lens metering.displays are used in notebooks as wellas in digital cameras from ’! OLYMPUS.TWAIN driver Allows the transfer of ’! scans or digitalphotos into ’! image editing programs.Thumbnail The miniature representation of a digital (TWAIN: Technology Without Animage that usually serves as a preview Interesting Name.)function in ’! image editing programs.TIFF Tagged Image File Format.A specific, high quality ’! file format usedA-ZA-Zfor the storage of ’! digitised images.50 51 T HE A T O Z OF DI GI T AL PHOT OGRAPHYUtility A program that performs special tasksU for the operating system, for example:UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Trans- file administration, controlling a digitalmitter.Set of chips in a computer regula- camera, a CD-ROM drive or printer.ting data flow over the serial interface.UXGA Ultra Extended Graphics Array.ThisUnsharp Often abbreviated USM.refers to images with a ’! resolution ofMasking Describes an image focusing process.1,600 x 1,280 ’! pixels.The quality of the result depends on the (’! SVGA, ’! SXGA, ’! VGA, ’! XGA)characteristics of the ’! algorithm used.Update An updated version of a software program.Upgrade A new improved version of hardware or Vsoftware that is already available.VGA Video Graphics Array.Refers to a dis-play screen with a ’! resolution of 640 xURL Unified Resource Locator.480 pixels.(’! SVGA, ’! SXGA,Address system for ’! internet sites.’! UXGA, ’! XGA)USB The Universal Serial Bus is probably Video output Interface that connects a digital cameragoing to replace the ’! serial and with a TV or video recorder.’! parallel interfaces.USB enables theeffortless connection of peripheral dev- Video CCD Describes a ’! CCD specially developedices without the need to install cards into for television and video, also used inthe computer or reconfigure parts of the digital still cameras.(’! Progressive CCD)operating system.The most importantadvantages are: the support of Plug and Virus Describes a part of a computer programPlay, ’! hot plugging, automatic configu- that usually causes damage or destruc-ration of external devices upon connec- tion of software and/or data.tion (no re-start necessary), faster datatransfer (up to 12 ’! Mbps), and the pos-A-ZA-Zsible operation of up to 127 devices froma single port.52 53 T HE A T O Z OF DI GI T AL PHOT OGRAPHYW XWhite balance The adjustment of a digital camera to the XGA Extended Graphics Array.respective type of light.In addition to the A graphics standard developed by IBM,automatic white balance, it is often pos- which allows the display of 1,024 x 768sible to choose between "daylight", ’! pixels with up to 65,535 colours."overcast", "tungsten", and "neon light" (’! SVGA, ’! SXGA, ’! UXGA, ’! VGA)for even truer colours or on the otherhand create a different, striking effect.Wide-angle Lens attachment that reduces the focalconverter length.(’! Macro converter, ’! teleconverter) YYahoo! Well-known ’! internet ’! search engine.Windows Graphic-based operating environment(95/98/ developed by Microsoft.Enables the user2000/NT) to utilise a mouse in order to activate or"click" on "windows" and work with pic-tures or images.World Wide ZWeb Currently the most popular service.ZIP ’! File format used for data compression.offered through the ’! internet.The ’! WWW provides the possibility to ZIP-Drive A device that allows the storage of uptransmit files with multimedia contents to 250 MB of data.(texts, sounds, pictures).WWW Zoom lens Lens with a manually or a mechanically’! World Wide Web.adjustable focal length.(’! Digital tele)A-ZA-Z54 55
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