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Appendix Glossary
GLOSSARY
ACTIVE MARKER
-- a mode in which a marker can be altered. Mainly associated with markers
created using the keyboard, all of which begin as active markers. All other
control devices (except the touch screen) have only one type of active marker:
pointers.
ANCHORED MARKER
-- a marker which has been “fixed” onto an overlay. It cannot be altered or
moved. It can only be erased, cleared, or covered with another marker. If an
active marker is anchored, another identical active marker appears on-screen.
BLOOM
-- markers or text which enlarge or blur on the monitor due to excessive bright-
ness.
BUTTON/ICON, TABLET
-- the square or rectangular zone on the tablet Menu Strip that represents a
PVI-65 function. When this zone is clicked on with the pen tip, that function is
engaged.
CLEAR
-- the function for removing all markers from an overlay at once.
CLICK
-- the action of quickly depressing and releasing a button on the Pointmaker
auxiliary controller, as opposed to a press of the button.
COLOR PALETTE
-- a user-defined group of colors which may be attributed to each active marker
before anchored. From 1 to 7 colors are available.
COM(M) PORT
-- a serial port typically on a computer (COM), and designated as a COMM
port on Pointmakers. Serial devices that connect to these ports (such as a
mouse or touch screen), send and receive data in single bits of information one
after the other, thus the term serial.
CONNECTOR
-- hardware installed on cable ends to provide cable attachment to an input or
output device. Input and output device ports which mate with this hardware are
also called connectors.