Abbreviations, Cvbs, Dvi, Lvds, Ntsc, Pal, Rgb

ABBREVIATIONS

This section expands abbreviations peculiar to video applications which may be used in this manual. Signal-name mnemonics are not included.

CVBS	Composite Video Baseband Signal (alternatively Chroma, Video, Blanking and Sync)
DVI	Digital Visual Interface
LVDS	Low-voltage differential signalling
NTSC	National Television Systems Committee (USA, Canada, Japan TV standard)
PAL	Phase Alternating Line (TV standard for UK and many other countries)
RGB	Red, Green, Blue analogue video
SDI	Serial Digital Interface
SECAM	Systeme Electronique Couleur Avec Memoire - TV broadcast standard used in
	France, Middle East and most of Eastern Europe.
SMPTE	Society of Motion Picture Television Engineers
SVGA	Super VGA – 800x600 pixels
SXGA	Super XGA – 1280x1024 pixels
TMDS	Transition-minimised differential signalling
UXGA	Ultra XGA – 1600x1200 pixels
VGA	Video graphics array – 640x480 pixels
XGA	Extended graphics array – 1024x768 pixels
Y/C	Luminance (Y) and Chrominance (C), also called S-video

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