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PAL

PAL is an acronym for Phase Alternate Line. PAL is the standard for television pictures in most of Europe. PAL operates at 25 frames per second.

See also: NTSC.

Parallel Port

The port that is usually used to connect to a printer.

PCI

Popular internal interface in a PC.

See also: ISA

Peak File

A file created by EditStudio to speed up the redrawing of audio files in the layers.]

Phono Connector

Two connection connector with a central pin and an outer shield. Popular for sending audio signals as well as composite video.

Pixel

Pixel is shorthand for "picture element". A pixel is a small rectangle of colour, many of which are used to create a bitmap picture or video frame.

See also: Resolution

Plugin

A small piece of software that is loaded by a main program to add functionality to the main program. All EditStudio's media file loaders, savers, video effects and audio filters are plugins.