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High definition : an A to Z guide to personal technology.

Title
High definition : an A to Z guide to personal technology.
Publication
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2006.

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Description
vi, 361 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Summary
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that define over three thousand terms related to personal information technology, including home computers, cell phones, MP3s, gaming systems, CD players, and other devices.
Subject
  • Household electronics > Dictionaries
  • Electronic apparatus and appliances > Dictionaries
Genre/Form
  • dictionaries.
  • Dictionaries
  • Dictionnaires.
Contents
Preface -- High definition : an A to Z guide to personal technology -- Tables -- 1. Standard ASCII character encoding -- 2. Decimal, binary, octal and hexadecimal equivalents -- 3. Common audio and video codecs -- 4. Common audio and video container formats -- 5. Extended ASCII character encodings -- 6. Regional management : DVD geographical regions -- 7. Examples of scientific notation -- 8. Selected Unicode characters -- Appendix -- Table A : Common audio-visual interfaces and connectors -- Table B : Common display resolutions -- Table C : Common data interfaces and computer buses -- Table D : Common networking standards -- Table E : Truth tables for logic gates.
ISBN
0618714898
LCCN
  • ^^2006019549
  • 9780618714896
OCLC
70174829
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library