Font
Frequency
Frequency modulation
Genlock
High resolution
Hold-and-modify
Interlaced mode
Joystick
Light pen
Low
resolution
Manual mode
Minterm
Modulo
Glossary-4
A set of letters, numbers, and symbols sharing the same size
and design.
The
number of times per second a waveform repeats.
A means of changing sound quality by using one audio
channel
to
affect the period of the waveform produced by
another channel. Frequency modulation mcreases or
decreases the pitch of the sound.
An optional feature
that
allows you to bring
in
a graphics
display from an external video source.
A horizontal display mode
in
which
640
pixels are displayed
across a horizontal line
in
a normal-sized display.
A display mode
that
gives you extended color
selection-up
to 4,096 colors on the screen
at
one time.
A vertical display mode where 400 lines are displayed from
top to bottom of the video display
in
a normal-size display.
A controller device
that
freely rotates and swings from left
to right, pivoting from the bottom of the shaft; used to posi-
tion something on the screen.
A controller device consisting of a stylus and tablet used for
drawing something on the screen.
A horizontal display mode
in
which 320 pixels are displayed
across a horizontal line
in
a normal-sized display.
Non-DMA output.
In
sprite display, a mode in which each
line of a sprite
is
written
in
a separate operation.
In
audio
output, a mode in which audio
data
words are written one
at
a time to the output.
One of eight possible logical combinations of
data
bits from
three different
data
sources.
A number defining which
data
in
memory belongs on each
horizontal line of the display. Refers
to
the number of bytes
in memory between the last word on one horizontal line and
the beginning of the first word on the 'next line.
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