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From The Glossary of Digital Photography

.jpg	0K	1-bit color	16-bit color	16.7 million colors
16:9 chip	16 Base	18% gray	24-bit color	3-bit color
32-bit color	3200 K	3400 K	35mm camera equivalent	35mm equivalent
36-bit color	3:2 chip	3D color matrix meter	4-bit color	4/3 Chip
4 Base	5500 K	64 Base	8-bit color	8-bit grayscale
8 x 8 block	A.S.A.	A/D conversion	A/D converter	A0
A1	A10	A2	A3	A4
A5	A6	A7	A8	A9
AA cell	ACE	ADC	ADI	ADV
AEB	AF	AFD	AF assist	AF illumination lamp
AGP	AMLCD	ANSI	ANSI binary-coding scheme	APO
APS	ASA	ASCII	ASIC	AWB
A to D converter	Abbe number	Aberration	Abort	Absolute colorimetric
Absolute white	Accelerated graphics port (AGP)	Accelerator	Acceptable circle of confusion	Acceptance angle
Access	Access time	Accuracy	Achromatic	Acid free
Acid migration	Acquire	Acquire module	Acquisition	Acrobat
Acrobat Reader	Action	Actions palette	Active-matrix display	Active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD)
Active pixel sensor	Actual size	Acutance	Adaptive compression	Additive color model
Additive color system	Additive palette	Additive primary colors	Addressable resolution	Adjacency effect
Adobe's electronic document format	Adobe Color Engine (ACE)	Adobe Gamma	Adobe RGB (1998)	Advanced distance integration (ADI)
Aerial perspective	Aerial view	Airbrush tool	Airy's disk	Airy disk
Algorithm	Aliasing	Alpha	Alpha blending	Alpha channel
Alpha channel transparency	American National Standards Institute (ANSI)	American Standard Code for Information Interchange	American Standards Association	Analog-digital conversion
Analog-to-digital converter (A/D converter)	Anamorphic lens	Anastigmat	Angle of deviation	Angle of flash coverage
Angle of incidence	Angle of refraction	Angle of view	Angstrom (A0)	Angular field
Anisotropic filtering	Anonymous FTP	Anti-Newton glass	Anti-aliasing	Anti-aliasing filter
Anti-blooming gates	Aperture	Aperture priority	Aplanat lens	Apochromatic
Application	Application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)	Archival	Archival dye inks	Archival image
Archival medium	Archival scans	Archival techniques	Archive	Area-array
Area CCD	Array	Array camera	Artifact	Aspect ratio
Aspheric lens	Aspherical lens	Aspherical surface	Astigmatism	Astrophotography
Auto-exposure	Auto balance	Auto batch rename	Auto bracketing	Auto exposure bracketing
Auto levels	Automatic diaphragm	Automatic focus	Automatic gain control (AGC)	Automatic iris
Automatic lens	Automatic meter	Axial chromatic aberration	BASIS	BCPS
BMP	BPC	BSI	Background processing	Backing up
Backscatter	Banding	Bandwidth	Banner	Barrel distortion
Base	Base-stored image sensor (BASIS)	Base/16	Base/4	Base resolution
Baseline	Basic input / output system (BIOS)	Batch-auto-rename	Batch processing	Batch scanning
Batteries	Battery memory	Baud	Baud rate	Bayer array
Bayer pattern	Beam candlepower seconds (BCPS)	Beam splitter	Beta version	Bezier curve
Bicubic filtering	Bicubic interpolation	Big data	Bilevel	Bilinear filtering
Bilinear interpolation	Binary	Binary digit	Binning	Bit
Bit-mapped	Bit-mapped image	Bit depth	Bitmap	Bitmap images
Bitonal black / bitonal	Bits per inch (bpi)	Bits per second	Black limit	Black noise
Black point	Black point compensation (BPC)	Bleed	Blend	Blend mode
Blocked up	Blockiness	Blooming	Blown out	Blue
Bluetooth	Blur	Blur tool	Boke-aji (pronounced bow-keh-ah-gee)	Boke (pronounced bow-keh)
Bokeh	Bokeh (pronounced (bow-keh)	Bookeh	Boot	Boot time
Bounce flash	Bpi	Bps	Bracketing	Brewster's angle
Brightness	Brightness range	British Standards Institution (BSI)	Browser	Buffer
Buffer ram	Bug	Burning	Burning in	Burst mode
Bus	Byte	C.Fn.	CCD	CCD raw format
CD	CD-R	CD-ROM	CD-RW	CD-rewritable (CD-RW)
CD burning	CF	CF+ II	CFA	CF 3.0
CF I	CF card	CIE	CIE LAB	CIFF
CIR-PL	CIS	CLA	CLUT	CMM
CMOS	CMOS APS	CMOS image sensor	CMS	CMY
CMYK	CMYK image	COM port	CPL	CPU
CRC	CRT	CS	CS2	CSS
CSV	CTP	CT device	CVN	Cache
Cadmium sulfide cell	Calibration	Calibration bars	Camera	Camera profile
Camera raw	Candela (cd)	Candle	Candle-meter	Candle meter second
Candlepower	Canvas size	Capacity	Caption	Capture
Card	Card reader	Cascading style sheets (CSS)	Catadioptric lens	Cataloging
Cathode ray tube	CdS cell	Celsius (C)	Centigrade	Central processing unit (CPU)
Centre Internationale D'eclairage (CIE)	Centronics port	Channel	Channel mixer	Charge-coupled device
Chiaroscuro	Chimping	Chip	Chipset	Chroma
Chromatic aberration	Chromaticity	Chromaticity diagram	Chrominance	Circle of confusion
Circular polarizing filter	Clipping	Clipping path	Clock speed	Clone stamp tool
Cloning	Close range correction system	Cockle	Codec	Cold mirror
Cold pixel	ColorMatch RGB	ColorSync	Color balance	Color banding
Color bars	Color calibration	Color cast	Color channel	Color control bar
Color correction	Color coupler	Color curves	Color depth	Color engine
Color filter array (CFA)	Color fringing	Color gamut	Color intensity	Color key
Color look-up table (CLUT)	Color management	Color management module (CMM)	Color management system (CMS)	Color matching
Color palette	Color picker	Color profile	Color proof	Color quantization
Color sampler tool	Color saturation	Color space	Color system	Color temperature
Color theory	Color value	Color weight	Color wheel	Colorfast
Colorimeter	Colorimetry	Coma	Comma-separated values	Comma separated list
Commission Internationale de L'eclairage (CIE, or, in English, International Commission on Illumination)	CompactFlash card	Compact Flash Association (CFA)	Compact disc	Compact disc - read only memory
Compact disc - recordable	Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS)	Compositing	Compressed	Compressed video network
Compression	Compression, lossless	Compression, lossy	Compression ratio	Computer-to-plate
Constringuence of a transparent material	Contact image sensor (CIS)	Contact sheet	Content management system (CMS)	Continuous tone device
Contrast	Contrast gradient	Contrast range	Contrast ratio	Contrasty
Controlled vocabulary	Cookie	Cooling filter	Copyright	Copywrite
Correction of aberrations at close distance focusing	Correlated noise	Corrupted	Creative suite	Creator
Credit	Cross-eyed bokeh	Crossed polarization	Cukaloris	Cursor
Curvature of field	Curves	Curvilinear distortion	Custom Function (C.Fn)	Custom file info panels
Custom panels	Cut/paste	Cut out	Cyan	D50
D65	DAM	DCF	DCS	DCT
DIB	DIN	DMA	DNG	DOF
DPOF	DRAM	DRAM buffer	DRM	DSLR
DSP	DSTN	DTC	DVD	DVD+
DVD+R	DVD-	DVD-R	DVI	Dark current
Dark field	Dark frame	Dark noise	Dark noise subtraction	Data
Data compression	Database	Decamired	Decompression	Default
Default setting	Definition	Defocus	Defocus image control	Defringe
Defringing	Degauss	Demosaicing	Depth	Depth of field
Depth of field preview button	Depth of field scale	Depth of focus	Derivative image	Derivatives
Derived image	Desaturate	Descreening	Design Rule for Camera File System (DCF)	Deskew
Desktop color separation (DCS)	Detail	Deutsche Industrie Norm or Deutsches Institut fur Normung (DIN)	Device-dependent	Device-independent
Device driver	Device profile	Diaphragm	Dichroic mirror	Didymium filter
Diffraction	Diffraction filter	Diffractive optics	Diffusion	Diffusion dithering
Digicam	Digimarc	Digital	Digital Camera System	Digital ICE
Digital asset management system (DAM)	Digital camera	Digital capture	Digital darkroom	Digital duplicates
Digital envelope	Digital file	Digital film	Digital halftone	Digital image correction
Digital image filtering	Digital image management system (DIMS)	Digital imaging	Digital infrared	Digital internegatives
Digital negative	Digital print order format (DPOF)	Digital printer	Digital realm	Digital rights management (DRM)
Digital scan	Digital signal processor (DSP)	Digital single lens reflex (DSLR)	Digital to analog converter (DAC)	Digital video disc (DVD)
Digital video interface (DVI)	Digital virtual disc	Digital watermark	Digital zoom	Digitally alter
Digitally change	Digitally enhance	Digitally modify	Digitally retouch	Digitize
Digitizing tablet	Diminution	Diopter	Diopter correction	Dioptric adjustment
Direct memory access (DMA)	Direct photo printing	Direct to card (DTC)	Directory folder	Disc
Discontinuous spectrum	Discrete cosine transformation (DCT)	Disk	Disk drive	Diskette
Dispersion	Display technology	Distortion	Dithering	Dodge
Domain	Dot	Dot gain	Dot matrix	Dot pitch
Dots, halftone	Dots per inch (dpi)	Double SuperTwisted Nematic (DSTN)	Download	Downsampling
Downsize	Dpi	Drag	Drag and drop	Drive speed
Driver	Drop shadow	Droplet	Drum scan	Drum scanner
Dual SuperTwisted Nematic	Dual processors	Dublin Core schema	Duotone	Dye-based inks
Dye-sub	Dye-sublimation	Dye-sublimation printer	Dye inks	Dye sub
Dye sublimation	Dynamic random access memory (DRAM)	Dynamic range	E-TTL	E.I.
EB	ECF	ECPS	ED	EEPROM
EISA bus	EL	ELN	EMR	EPROM
EPS	ESATA	EV	EXIF	Early Z test
Editing	Effective aperture	Effective candlepower second (ECPS)	Effective megapixels	Effective pixels
Effective resolution	Electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM)	Electroluminescent (EL)	Electromagnetic radiation	Electromagnetic spectrum
Electronic display	Electronic document	Electronic image stabilizer	Electronic rangefinder	Electronic retouching
Element	Elliptical dot	Embed	Embedded profile	Embossing
Encapsulated postscript (EPS)	Encryption	Enhancement	Erasable programmable read only memory	Erase
Eraser	Ethernet	Evaluative metering	Exabyte (EB)	Exchangeable image file format (Exif or EXIF)
Expansion board	Expansion memory	Expansion slots	Export	Exposure
Exposure compensation	Exposure factor	Exposure index (E.I.)	Exposure latitude	Exposure meter
Exposure setting	Exposure value (EV)	Extended graphics array (XGA)	Extensible markup language (XML)	Extensible metadata platform (XMP)
Extra low dispersion (ED)	Extract	Eye control focus (ECF)	Eyedropper	F
F-number	F-stop	F-stop ratios	FAQ	FARE
FAT	FET	FF	FIF	FIIPS
FIPS	FPO	FPX	FTP	Factor
Factory default	Fading	Fahrenheit (0F)	Fair use	Fast lens
Fax Group 4	Field curvature	Field effect transistor (FET)	File	File allocation table (FAT)
File converters	File extensions	File format	File info	File naming
File size	File size formula	File transfer protocol (FTP)	Fill command	Fill flash
Fill tool	Film scanner	Finite element analysis	FireWire	Firewall
Firmware	Fixed memory	Fixed pattern noise	Flag	Flash
Flash, fill	Flash, ring	Flash, slave	FlashPix (FPX)	Flash RAM
Flash card	Flash card reader	Flash duration	Flash exposure bracketing	Flash exposure compensation
Flash memory	Flash memory card	Flash output level compensation	Flash shooting distance range	Flash sync
Flash sync speed	Flash synchronization	Flash terminal	Flash unit	Flat
Flat-bed scanner	Flatten	Flexible program	Flicker	Flipping
Floppy disk	Fluid head	Focal length	Focal length multiplier	Focus and recompose
Folksonomy	Foofing	For position only (FPO)	Format	Formatting
Forming	Four-color process printing	Four thirds	Foveon sensor	Fps
Fractal	Fractal image	Fractal image format	Fractional stops	Frame
Frame buffer	Frame counter	Frame grabber	Frame rate	Free transform
Fringe	Fringing	Full bleed	Full frame (FF)	Fuzziness
Fuzzy	G4 compression	GAP cell	GB	GCR
GDI	GIF	GIF 89a	GIMP	GN
GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)	GPD	GPF	GPRM	GPS
GRC	GUI	Gain	Gain and level	Gallium photo diode
Gamma	Gamma correction	Gamut	Gamut compression	Gamut mapping
Ganging	Gateway	Gaussian blur	General protection fault (GPF)	General purpose register memories (GPRM)
Generation	Generic printer description (GPD)	Giclee	Gig	Gigabyte (GB)
Global Positioning System (GPS)	Gouraud shading	Gradient	Gradient fill	Grain
Graininess	Graphic image file format	Graphical user interface (GUI)	Graphics interchange format (GIF)	Graphics tablet
Gray	Gray balance	Gray card	Gray component replacement (GRC)	Gray level
Gray market	Gray scale	Gray scale image	Green	Green eye
Gretag Macbeth color checker chart	Grids	Guide number	Guide print	HD
HDR	HDRI	HLS	HMI	HSB
HSL	HSV	HTML	HUD	HYPER Z™ III
Halftone	Halftone image	Halftone screen	Halo	Handholding
Handholding rule	Hard drive	Header	Heads up display (HUD)	Healing brush tool
Hertz (Hz)	Hierarchical z	Hierarchies	High-bit	High-speed sync
High color	High dynamic range (imaging), (HDR or HDRI)	High res	High resolution	High rez
Highlight	Highlight detail	Histogram	History brush tool	History palette
Horizontal resolution	Hot-swap	Hot mirror	Hot pixel	Hot shoe connector
Hot spot	Hue	Hue error	Huffman encoding	Hunting
Huygen's wave theory	Hyper-Z	Hyper Text Markup Language	Hyperlink	Hz
I.Link	I/C	ICC	ICC profile	ICE
IEEE-1284	IEEE-1394	IIM	IPTC	IPTC4XMP
IPTC7901	IPTC Core	IPTC header	IPTC metadata	IPTCv4
IP address	IRB	IRC	IR setting	ISDN
ISO	ISO-9660	ISO speed	ISP	IT8
IVUE	Icon	Identifier	Image area	Image browser
Image capture	Image circle	Image conversion	Image database	Image development
Image editing program	Image editor	Image file size	Image format	Image management
Image processing	Image resolution	Image resource block (IRB)	Image sensor	Image size
Image size command	Image stabilization	Image storage	Imaging	Import
Indexed color image	Indexing	Info palette	Information Interchange Model (IIM)	Infrared
Infrared Data Association	Infrared compensation index	Infrared focus	Infrared focus indicator	Infrared focus point
Infrared photography	Initializing	Inkjet	Instrument metamerism	Integrated circuit. (I/C)
Intellectual property	Intelligent scanner	Interface	Interference	Interlaced scanning
International Color Consortium	International Organization for Standardization (ISO)	International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC)	International Standards Organization	Internet protocol address
Internet service provider (ISP)	Interpolate	Interpolation	IrDA	JBOD
JCII	JEIDA	JEITA	JFIF	JP2
JPEG	JPEG 2000	JPEG compression	JPF	Jaggies
Japan Electronic Industry Development Association (JEIDA)	Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA)	Java	JavaScript	Joint Photographic Experts Group
Jukebox	KB	Kb	Kbps	Kelvin
Kernel size	Kerning	Keystoning	Keyword catalog	Keyword generator
Keywording	Keywords	Kilobyte	Kilobytes per second	Knock out
Kodak PhotoCD	Lab*	LAB	LAN	LCD
LCD screen	LCSH	LED	LPF	LPT port
LUT	LZW	Lab color	Lag time	Lambda print
Landscape mode	Laser printer	Lasso	Lateral chromatic aberration	Layer masks
Layer match command	Layered file	Layers	Layout	Leading
Legacy files	Lempel-Ziv-Welch	Lens	Levels	Li-ion
Light-fastness	Light meter	Light source	Lightness	Lightroom
Linear-array	Linear CCD	Linear array	Linear scanner	Linearity
Lines per inch (lpi)	Link	Liquid crystal display	Liquify filter	Lithium-ion
Lithium ion battery	Local Area Network (LAN)	Longevity	Longitudinal chromatic aberration	Look-up table (LUT)
Lossless	Lossless compression	Lossy	Lossy compression	Lossy format
Low-pass filter (LPF)	Low-resolution	Low res	Lpi	Lumen
Lumen seconds	Luminance	Luminosity	Lux	Lynx
MAh	MB	MBR	MIP map	MLPS
MOS	MOSFET	MPEG	MPLS	MTF
Macbeth color checker	Macintosh PICT Format	Macro lens	Macroblock encoder errors	Macrophotography (also macro photography)
Magenta	Magic eraser tool	Magic wand	Magnetic lasso tool	Magnetic pen tool
Main Page	Main page	Malware	Manipulate	Marquee
Mask	Master image	Mb	Mbyte	Measure tool
Media	Megabit (Mb)	Megabyte (MB)	Megahertz (MHz)	Megapixel
Memory	Memory card	Memory stick	Meta-tagging	Metadata
Metadata template	Metafile	Metal-oxide semiconductor	Metalogging	Metamerism
Metamers	Microdrive	Microprocessor	Middle-tone	Midtones
Mie scattering	Millions of colors	Minidisk	Mired (M)	Mirror lens
Modulation transfer function (MTF)	Moire pattern	Monitor RGB	Monitor calibration	Monitor profile
Monochromatic aberration	Monochrome	Moony 11 rule	Moore's Law	Moral rights
Motherboard	Motion Pictures Expert Group (MPEG)	Multi-megapixel	Multitasking	Multum in parvum (MIP)
Munsell system	NAVSTAR GPS	NEF file	NIC	NMOS
NTSC	Nanometer (nm)	Native resolution	Natural language systems	Nearest neighbor
Network	Neutral gray	Neutral test card	News codes	Newton rings
NiCD	NiCad	NiMH	Nickel cadmium (NiCD)	Nickel metal hydride (NiMH)
Nm	Noise	Noise measurement	Noise reduction	Non-lossy
Non-volatile memory	Nyquist frequency	OCR	OEM	OIS
OLE	OS	OTF	Off-screen memory	On-board processing
Online Glossary of Digital Photography	Online photo printer	Online service	OpenRAW	Open up
Opening up	Operating system (OS)	Optical character recognition (OCR)	Optical disc	Optical drive
Optical image stabilization (OIS)	Optical resolution	Optical scanner	Optical storage	Optical transfer function (OTF)
Orientation sensor	Orphan	Output pixel	Output resolution	Oversampling
PAL	PCB	PCD	PCMCIA card	PCT
PCX	PC connector	PC cord	PC socket	PC terminal
PDA	PDD	PDF	PDL	PIC
PICS	PICT	PLUS	PLUS Coalition	PMA
PMOS (or pMOS)	PMT	PNG	PNOT	PROM
PSD	Page description language (PDL)	Palette	Panoptic	Parity
Parse user input	Patch tool	Path	Perceptual colorimetric	Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA)
Photo CD (PCD)	Photodiode	Photomicrophotography	Photomicroscopy	Photoshop
Photoshop format	Pics	Picture disk	Picture element	Pigment
Pigment ink	Pigment process	Pigmented ink	Pigmented inks	Pincushion distortion
Pix	Pixel	Pixel density	Pixel dropping	Pixel modulation
Pixel quality	Pixel skipping	Pixelated	Pixelation	Pixelization
Pixels per inch (ppi)	Pixilation	Pixmap	Plasma display	Plug-in
Plug and play (PnP)	PnP	Port	Portable Document Format	Portable network graphics
Portal	Portrait mode	Ports	PostScript (PS)	Posterization
Posterize	Ppi	Preferences	Prescan	Preview
Preview screen	Printer resolution	Printing resolution	Process colors	Profile
Program mode	Program shifting	Programmed image control (PIC)	Progressive CCD	Progressive scan
Protocol	Proxy	Proxy image	Public domain	QTVR
QVGA	Queue	QuickTime	QuickTime VR (QTVR)	Quick mask
RAID	RAM	RDF schema	RF	RGB
RGB filtering	RIFF	RIP	RISC	RLE
RM	RPM	RS232C	RS422	Raccoon eyes
Radio slave	Rapid rectilinear lens	Raster	Raster element	Raster image
Raster image file format (RIFF)	Raster image processor	Raster scan	Rasterization	Raw
Raw data	Raw file	Raw format	Raw image format	Ray tracing program
Rayleigh scattering	Read-out register	Ready light	Real-time image processing	Reboot
Recorded pixels	Rectangular pixels