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ACDR Audio Compact Disk Recorder
A CD recording/writing component which connects to existing
audio sources and makes CD-R disks compatible with all CD
players.
Bluetooth
A wireless personal area network (PAN) technology from the
Bluetooth Special Interest Group, founded in 1998. Bluetooth is
an open standard for short-range transmission of digital voice
and data between mobile devices and desktop devices.
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
A technology for digital transmission of radio signals between,
for example, a mobile telephone and a radio base station,
dividing a frequency into several codes.
CD-RW Compact Disk Rewritable
A rewritable CD-ROM technology. CD-RW drives can also be
used to write CD-R discs, and they can read CD-ROMs.
Initially known as CD-E (for CD-Erasable), a CD-RW disk can
be rewritten a thousand times.
CPT Color Picture Tube
A component of a television which boils off electrons from a
cathode at one end, and accelerates them towards a grid at the
other end to create a color picture.
CDT Color Display Tube
Similar to a color picture tube, but the phosphors are much
smaller, the resolution is higher, and the image is sharper.
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
Moves an electron beam back and forth across the back of the
screen, lighting up phosphor dots and illuminating active
portions of the screen.
DVD Digital Versatile Disc
A family of optical discs. DVDs are also double sided, whereas
CDs are single sided. It is expected to become the next CD-
ROM and primary digital movie medium, superseding Video
CDs, analog Laser Discs and eventually VHS tape.
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
Used in digital watches and many portable devices, an electric
current is passed through a liquid crystal solution causing the
crystals to align and create an image.
OELD Organic Electroluminescence Display
Organic EL cell structure consists of a stack of thin organic
layers sandwiched between a transparent anode and a metallic
cathode. When an appropriate voltage is applied to the cell, the
injected positive and negative charges recombine in the
emissive layer to produce light.
PBX Private Branch Exchange
A telephone controller used in medium-size to large businesses
to provide switching between thousand business telephones.
PCB Printed Circuit Board
A flat board that holds chips and other electronic components.
The board is made of layers that interconnects components via
copper pathways.
PDP Plasma Display Panel
A plasma discharge that releases energy in the form of
ultraviolet emissions of He-Kr-Xe or Ne gases to excite red,
green and blue phosphors.
PVR Personal Video Recorder
A service that automatically and digitally allows multiple
television programs to be simultaneously recorded and saved to
a hard drive without the use of videotape.
TDX Time Division Switching System
An upgraded digital telephone switching system to handle
demand for telephone services and digital exchange technology.
TFT Thin Film Transistor
A type of LCD in which each pixel is controlled by one to four
transistors. The TFT technology provides the best resolution of
all flat penal techniques.
VDP Video Disk Player
An optical disk-based high-definition player with four times the
capacity of a standard DVD and compatible with conventional
DVD disks.
WLL Wireless Local Loop
A wireless connection of a telephone in a home or office to a
fixed telephone network.
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