Glossary

The following represents terms used throughout the manual, and are defined here for your convenience.

Baud rate: Is the speed at which the computer and camera com- municate with each other. It is sometimes necessary to decrease the baud rate because the computer cannot process image information at high speed.

Com port: Is the physical port in the back of the computer where you can connect external devices such as digital cameras and mo- dems.

Dialog box: An on-screen box that conveys or requires informa- tion from the user.

Exposure: controls the amount of light (brightness) that appears in a captured image.

Flash card: Is an optional external device that can be inserted into the camera and allows you to store images.

(available in 2MB~32MB formats).

Fluorescent light: What makes this type of lighting differ- ent is that it does not contain all the colors of the visible spectrum and it flickers which causes it to appear greenish.

Icon: Is a graphic (picture form) representation of a particular feature/function or program/file.

Incandescent light: These tungsten-halogen lights (house- hold light bulbs) shine at a constant brightness and create a warmer, yellowish caste.

Iris: A feature that allows varying degrees of light into the camera by adjusting the size of the lens opening, increasing or decreasing the amount of entering light.

LCD: A Liquid Crystal Display is a low-powered display that uses rod shaped crystal molecules that change their orientation when an electrical current passes through them. This allows you to display and view your images.

LED: A Light Emitting Diode is a small electronic device that emits light when a current flows through it. It signals you of a par- ticular feature or function.

NTSC: A National Television Standards Committee television is one that uses 525-line frames and displays full frames at 30 frames / second.