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T
Thumbnail
A thumbnail is reduced-s ize versions of a
picture that is used to make i t easier to
recognize an them. Thumb nails serve the
same role for images as a nor mal text index
does for words.
V
Volume
Volume is the most common word use d to
specify the control of re lative loudness of
sounds. It also per tains to the function o n
many electronic device s that is used to control
the loudness.
W
WAV
A format for sound les develo ped jointly by
Microsoft and IBM. B uilt into Windows 95
to XP, which made it the de facto st andard
for sound on PCs. WAV sound les end wi th
a ‘.wav’ extension and work s with nearly all
Windows applications th at support sound.
WMA (Windows Media Audio)
An audio format owned by Micr osoft, is a
part of Microsoft W indows Media technology.
Includes Microsoft Di gital Rights Manage ment
tools, Windows Media Vid eo encoding
technology, and Windows Med ia Audio
encoding technology.
WMV [Windows Media Video]
Refers to a video compress ion technology
developed by Microsoft Co rporation. WMV
content can be encoded by using W indows
Media® Encoder 9 series . Files are recognised
by their le extension ‘.wmv ’.
P
PCM (Pulse Code Modulation)
Pioneering form of digi tal recording.
PlaysForSure*
PlaysForSure* is a Philip s GoGear feature
that ensures compatibil ity with Windows
Media Player 10 and Windows XP. The
PlaysForSure* logo ass ures the consumer
that the music purchase d at an online shop
with this logo is compatibl e with the Philips
GoGear player.
S
Shufe
A feature that plays audio le s (tracks) in
random order.
SMV [SigmaTel Motion Video Format]
A partially compres sed video format by
SigmaTel that allows conversion of common
PC motion video les for play on a po rtable
multimedia player.
Stereo
Literally means soli d. Usually taken to refer to
two channel stereo, t hough developments in
digital audio facilit ate multichannel ste reo.
SuperPlay
SuperPlay™ is a special featur e of the product,
which enables the liste ner to play all the music
under a top-level libr ary category, such a s
artists or albu ms, without having to sel ect
playlist items.
SuperScroll
SuperScroll™ is a navigati on feature of the
double-action sear ch keys of the product.
SuperScroll™ allows ea sy speed control when
scrolling through lar ge libraries to swif tly nd
items within large lib raries. Longer pr ess of the
button results in f aster scroll speed .
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