RESTRICTED USE ONLY Fargo Electronics, Inc.HDPii High Definition Card Printer/Encoder User Guide (Rev. 1.1) 16-1Section 16: Glossary of TermsTerm Definition24-bit color A color depth for an image that uses 8 bits for each color (red,blue, green) combining the possible 256 shades to provide a colordepth of 16.7 million colors.AC - AlternatingCurrentAn electrical current that reverses its direction at regular intervals(typically 50 - 60 times a second).Adhesion The firm attachment of a material to the card surface, confirmedby using the Tape Test -pulling an applied piece of adhesive tape(Scotch 600 or equivalent) off the card at 1 sec/in to see if anymaterial is pulled off by the tape.Algebraic A type of color matching that takes the colors value of pixels andapplies them to an algebraic equation to adjust the levels of hue,saturation and brightness.ANSI (AmericanNational StandardsInstitute)The United States Representative to ISO, providingstandardization for U.S. Manufactures prior or in addition, toacceptance by ISO.ASCII (AmericanStandard Code forInformationInterchange)A standard for processing information in computer processors. An8-bit character set of 255 decimal numbers, each assigned tonumbers, letters, punctuation and special characters.AT Refers to an IBM standard in early computing with regard to thechipset and function of the Parallel Port, set up in the BIOS.B (Black) Black Dye-Sublimation panels are distinguished from the blackpanel using resin by the use of B for Dye-Sublimation black. Kdenotes resin black.Continued on the next page
