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Glossary
ADC Analog to digital converter
Administrator (Rights) administrator for PC systems at operating system level
ASCII American standard code for information interchange
Baud see baud rate
Baud rate Unit: Baud, number of data units transferred in one second
BIOS Basic input/output system, 'minimum' operating system for PC booting; allows,
among others, settings to be made on available communication (e.g. integral
FireWire

) interfaces
Bit Smallest information unit in digital data processing, values '0' (low, L, off state)
and '1' (high, H, on state)
Byte Combination of 8 bits to form an information unit, value range 2
8
(0...255)
CameraLink
™
Parallel digital transmission standard
CD-ROM Compact disc read-only memory, storage medium consisting of a metal-
coated plastic disk with an information storage layer
Chip set Set of large-scale integrated circuits in personal computers performing special
functions, e.g. the provision of data communication interfaces
CMOS Complementary metal oxide semiconductor, modern semiconductor
technology used e.g. in optical sensors
C mount standardized mount for optical components, e.g. lenses
dB see decibel
Decibel logarithmic measure of a physical unit, e.g. the range of contrast K=20*log
(max. contrast/min. contrast) [contrast range in full frame]
DIN Deutsche Industrie-Norm (German industrial standard)
D-SUB Standardized connector format with trapezoidal connector screen and two or
three lines of male/female contacts for external PC ports, e.g. serial RS-232
interfaces
ESD Electrostatic discharge, ESD caused by electrostatic charging must be
avoided when handling PC plug-in cards
EN European standard
FireWire

Serial digital transmission standard, also known as IEEE1394a or iLink

(Apple trademark)
Firmware Operating software of camera function units
fixed pattern noise Abbr. FPN, here: static image noise on sensors caused during production by
random physical processes, results for example in an inhomogeneous grey of
a homogeneously illuminated area
fps Frames per second, frame rate
FPGA Field programmable gate array, large-scale integrated electronic module
comprising a large number of elementary logic elements which can be
programmed to carry out complex functions
framegrabber Framegrabbing unit for electronic cameras, mostly in form of PCI plug-in
cards for the PC
Hz Hertz, unit of frequency (1 MHz = 10
6
Hz)
Interrupt (Purposeful) interruption, e.g. of data transmissions or program runs
IPC see PC
Linux Alternative PC operating system based on UNIX
LOGLUX
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Product name and acronym derived from 'logarithmic' and 'light' [Greek: Lux]
long Here: data format comprising 4 bytes or 32 bits, value range: 2
32
LSB Lowest significant bit of a larger information unit such as a byte
LUT Look-up table, value assignment table, e.g. greyscale image data
macro Function unit, e.g. of camera control commands
MCU Microcontroller unit
MHz see Hz
MSB Highest significant bit of a larger information unit such as a byte
OHCI Open host controller interface, standard interface for the unified connection of