manager, Memmaker, which can be run from a
MIME
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, a standard format that allows the attachment of graphics and other
Moiré
Moiré is caused by the printing process of images in printed materials such as books or magazines. Moiré is caused by the resolution the original picture was scanned or digitized at in combination with the resolution the image was then printed. Descreening can often remove the moiré effect from an image.
Monitor
The visual output screen of the computer. It works with tiny clusters of tiny red, green and blue dots which are struck by a beam of electrons sweeping across the screen in a raster pattern which causes their phosphors to give off specific light which, in turn, reaches your eye as perceived color.
MPEG-1
Video compression standard for consumer applications, developed by the Motion Picture Experts Group (ISO 11172). Good resolution and speed, VHS quality. Normally requires hardware decompression (e.g. ELSAmotion). It is designed for resolutions of 352 x 288 with 25 frames per second (PAL), or 352 x 240 with 30 or 24 frames per second (NTSC or motion picture) and for common
MPEG-2
Broadcasting quality standard, for example for full CCIR 601 quality or HDTV
MPEG-3
This is a relatively new standard that compresses the image or audio (or both) without loss of quality. While
NTSC
National Television Standard Committee. The standard video format of North America (including the United States), Central America, and Japan.
OCR or Optical Character Recognition
The software will attempt to convert a scanned image of a document into editable text to be used in a word- processing program. If the software does not recognize a character shape, it will either make its best guess or will insert a null type character (differs program to program). Good OCR software can be quite expensive. Some OCR software is quite advanced & can convert a variety of fonts and page formats, including forms. There are several different
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