FARGO electronic L000286 - Manual (Page 198)

RESTRICTED USE ONLY Fargo Electronics, Inc.
CardJet 410 Card Printer/Encoder and Persona CardJet C7 Printer User Guide (Rev. 6.1) 8-1
Section 8: Glossary of Terms
Term Definition
24-bit color A color depth for an image that uses 8 bits for each color (red,
blue, green) combining the possible 256 shades to provide a color
depth of 16.7 million colors.
AC - Alternating
Current An electrical current that reverses its direction at regular intervals
(typically 50 - 60 times a second).
Adhesion The firm attachment of a material to the card surface, confirmed
by using the Tape Test -pulling an applied piece of adhesive tape
(Scotch 600 or equivelent) off the card at 1 sec/in to see if any
material is pulled off by the tape.
Algebraic A type of color matching that takes the colors value of pixels and
applies them to an algebraic equation to adjust the levels of hue,
saturation and brightness.
ANSI (American
National Standards
Institute) The United States Representative to ISO, providing
standardization for U.S. Manufactures prior or in addition, to
acceptance by ISO.
ASCII (American
Standard Code for
Information
Interchange) A standard for processing information in computer processors. An
8-bit character set of 255 decimal numbers, each assigned to
numbers, letters, punctuation and special characters.
Continued on the next page