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    What is process control?

    Simply put, process control deals with the science of maintaining the output of a specific industrial process within a desired quality range in an automated way.

    A process control system typically involves some sort of feedback loop. The outputs of a process are actively monitored and if they are not within the desired quality range, components of the process, like ingredients, the temperature of materials, or the pressure under which materials are held,  are then automatically and appropriately adjusted to get more optimal outputs that are within range.

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  • in Business

    What is logistics?

    There are two definitions: In general, logistics is the detailed coordination of a complex operation (activity) involving many people, facilities, or supplies. In business, logistics is the commercial activity of transporting goods to customers. It involves things like transportation, inventory, packing, warehousing, etc. More

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    What is software profiling?

    In software engineering, performance profilers are software development tools designed to analyze the performance of your applications and improve poorly performing sections of code. Profiling is a form of dynamic program analysis that measures performance, including things like: Memory usage Execution time Frequency and duration of function calls Most commonly, profiling is used for program […] More

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    What is a File Format?

    A file format is a standard way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file. It specifies how bits are used to encode (or represent) information.

    Just like the Roman alphabet (a, b, c, d…) is used differently based on the language (English, French, Spanish, German…), so too are bits (0 and 1) used differently to represent different information based on the file format.

    So the byte 10110110 in the file format JPG may represent a color whereas the same byte, 10110110, in a TXT file may represent a letter in a word.

    In order for a program to be able to open a file, it must have file format programming in place to convert the bits in the file into information it knows how to use.

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  • in Video Production

    Introduction to color space (video) | Khan Academy

    What is a color space?

    In very basic terms, it’s the spectrum, range, or collection of all the different colors that can be used in an image. It is a useful conceptual tool for understanding the color capabilities of a particular device or digital file.

    A well-known color space is RGB. There are 256 shades of red, 256 shades of green, and 256 shades of blue. Any given color in the RGB color space is created by combining exactly one shade of red, one shade of green, and one shade of blue. There are 256 * 256 * 256 different colors in the RGB colorspace, creating a spectrum of 16,777,216 different colors.

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