Philips 201P User Manual

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screen area, resulting in an image that is smaller (and less legible) than it needs to be.RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGEPParallelogram DistortionSee Geometric distortion.PhosphorGeneric name for the class of substances that exhibit luminescence. To produce a picture on screen,phosphors are deposited on the inner surface of the picture-tube screen and excited into luminescence bythe electron beam. Typical examples of phosphors are P22 medium short-persistence phosphor and EBUhigh-color-saturation phosphor.Pin-cushion DistortionSee Geometric distortion.PixelAbbreviation for picture element, the smallest element of the picture that can be displayed on the screen. Thesmaller the pixel size, the better the resolution of the monitor. Pixel size is determined by the size of theelectron spot on the screen and not necessarily by the phosphor dot pitch (the size of the triad). Thus, amonitor with a large electron spot covering several triads can exhibit poor resolution even though its dot pitchis small.Pixel frequencyThe number of pixels that can be written in a video line per second.Pixel rateSee pixel frequencyPlug-and-PlaySee DDC. See USB section.RETURN TO TOP OF THE PAGEGlossaryfile:///D|/rita/LF2/LF2/LFa1/multi_manual/english/GLOSSARY/GLOSSARY.HTM (10 of 18) [8/29/2001 3:14:04 PM]