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Jargon Buster & dedicated Buying Guide will aid you in understanding the world of technology and consumer electronics. Select from the alphabetical order below.

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PAL Playback (Vision)
The ability to playback disc media that are in the PAL format as used in th UK and France

Parental lock/Child lock (TVs)
Parents may lock out unsuitable content for children.

PictBridge™ (Photography)
PictBridge™ is a new standard for direct USB printing from digital cameras and some camcorders to the printer without needing a computer.

Picture-in-picture/Dual screen (TVs)
Allows programmes from different inputs to be viewed simultaneously, one full screen, the other in a smaller window.

Picture messaging (Mobile phones)
Multimedia messaging or MMS. This is similar to text messaging except that you can send photos from your mobile to another mobile or email address. In the same way as text messages, you are charged to send a picture message but messages are free to receive in the UK.

Pixel (TVs)
Smallest individual points making up a digital picture, usually measured along a horizontal line.

Pixel resolution (TVs, Photography)
The amount of pixels, or individual points on a screen. The higher the pixels, the better the resolution.

Plug & play (Computing)
Plug & play will detect and automatically update your system files when you add new hardware to your PC.

Polyphonic ringtones (Mobile phones)
Higher quality ringtones that have close to CD quality.

Processors (Computing)
This is the 'brain' of a PC. In general terms, the faster the processor, the faster the PC will work. The speed of a processor is measured in GigaHertz (GHz).

Processor speed (Computing)
The processor speed is normally made up of GHz, MHz FSB and Cache. Generally the bigger the number the better.

Progressive scan (TVs)
All horizontal lines of the frame are shown in one go, delivering a superior picture from a DVD or video player.

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