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Re: Making up lyrics

From: am672@freenet.carleton.ca (David J. Zimmerly)
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 07:23:34 GMT
Subject: Re: Making up lyrics
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In a previous article, mhs3c@darwin.clas.virginia.edu (Mary Helen Sowell) says:

>Post Scripta:  What does PAL stand for?


Phase Alternate Line. According to my SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and
Television Engineers) glossary:

	"A composite color standard similar to NTSC [National Television
System Committee], except that the V-axis subcarrier reference signal
inverts in phase at the horizontal line rate (ie., phase alternation at
the line rate of the R-Y component of the chrominance signal). Most
applications are in the 625/50/2:1 systems [common in Europe etc.]"

And that's the truth.

David


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