Lighting that is uniform, soft, relatively non-directional and lacking in concentration. The opposite of point illumination.

VESA Local-Bus: a local bus architecture

Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) is an interface specification that enables 3D graphics to display quickly on ordinary personal computers.

A type of signal in an electronic circuit that takes on a continuous range of values. The opposite of digital.

Application Specific Machine Vision System: a turnkey machine vision system that addresses a specific application found throughout one or more industries

Lighting used for the illumination of an area

Placement of a light source behind an object so that a silhouette of that object is formed. It is used where outline information of the object and its features are important rather than surface features.

Imaging devices; devices that acquire images.

Charge-Coupled Device: a light-sensitive chip or image sensor used in scanners and digital cameras that converts light into proportional (analog) electrical current.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor: a new type of sensor used in scanners and digital cameras that is based upon a semiconductor process designed for digital electronics instead of analog electronics as in the CCD.