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`Acronyms
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`EXHIBIT 1014
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`Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
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`Hansen, Brad.
`The dictionary of computing & digital media: terms & acronyms /
`Brad Hansen.
`p.
`cm.
`ISBN 1-887902-38-4
`1. Computers Dictionaries. 2. Digital media Dictionaries.
`I. Title.
`II. Title: Dictionary of computing and digital media.
`QA76.15.H318 1999
`004' .03--dc21
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`99-27204
`CIP
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`Transmission Control Protocol
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`heads properly aligned. Videotape tracks are
`recorded diagonally. 3. One of the adjacent
`bands of the data spiral on a compact disc. The
`tracks on a hard disk exist in the form of con(cid:173)
`centric circles rather than in a spiral shape.
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`trackball (n.) An alternative input device to a
`mouse. A trackball functions like an upside(cid:173)
`down mouse and requires little desktop space.
`Spinning the ball causes the cursor on the
`screen to move.
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`tracking (n.) 1. The overall amount of space
`between characters in a line of text. This is dif(cid:173)
`ferent from kerning, which deals with the space
`between certain pairs of characters. 2. III video
`production, lateral camera movement that is
`aligned with moving subjects so that the back(cid:173)
`ground appears to move, not the subjects.
`3. The alignment of audio or video playback
`and record heads in relation to the tape that
`moves over them.
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`track-relative time (n.) A method used to de(cid:173)
`termine the start and stop times of audio seg(cid:173)
`ments on a mixed-mode disc.
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`tracks per inch (tpi) (n.) A measurement of the
`density of magnetic media. A DOS-formatted,
`high-density, 3.5-inch floppy disk holds 135 tpi.
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`traffic (n.) Over a period of time, the number
`of messages transmitted on a communications
`circuit.
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`transaction (n.) In reference to a database sys(cid:173)
`tem, a unit of interaction that occurs individu(cid:173)
`ally and coherently.
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`fies, and retransmits a signal without altering
`the original content significantly.
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`transcode (v.) To convert from one video or
`graphic format to another, as opposed to en(cid:173)
`coding, which refers to the original capture or
`digitization of images.
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`transducer (n.) Any device that converts one
`form of energy into another, such as a micro(cid:173)
`phone that converts varying sound pressure lev(cid:173)
`els into an analogous varied stream of voltage.
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`transfer rate (n.) The rate at which digital in(cid:173)
`formation is transferred to or from a storage
`medium or device. For example, a single-speed
`compact disc reader transfers data at approxi(cid:173)
`mately 150 kilobytes per second (KBps).
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`transistor (n.) A semiconductor with three ter(cid:173)
`minals used for amplification. It was invented
`in 1947 at Bell Labs and remains the funda(cid:173)
`mental component of most electronic circuits.
`Transistors are miniaturized and combined
`with other componentsto create complex in(cid:173)
`tegrated circuits (ICs), such as logic gates, mi(cid:173)
`croprocessors, and memory. The two types are
`the bipolar transistor (also called the junction
`transistor) and the field -effect transistor (FET).
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`transistor-transistor logic (TTL) (n.) Bipolar
`integrated circuit (IC) logic that employs tran(cid:173)
`sistors with multiple emitters.
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`transit network (n.) Any network with paths
`to at least two other networks. It passes traffic
`between those networks and carries traffic for
`its own hosts.
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`transactional (adj.) Describes a retail kiosk
`where a customer can make a credit card pur(cid:173)
`chase or conduct business.
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`transmission (n.) The electronic transfer of a
`signal or data 'from one location or device to
`another.
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`transceiver (n.) A system that receives, ampli-
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`Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) (n.)
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