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A
A-type
A-wind
Aberrations
Absorb
Academy frame
Accelerated age testing
Access
Access Value
Acclimatisation
Acetate
Acetate disc
Acetate film
Acid free
Acoustics
Actuality footage
Acutance
Additive (colour) process
Adhesion
Adhesive
Adsorb
AES
Age testing
ALC
Alligatoring
Ambience
Ambient
Ambient light
Ambient temperature
AMIA
Amplifier
Amplitude
Analog
Analog recording
Analog to digital
Analog video
Analyser
Anamorphic lens
Animation
ANSI
Answer print
Anti-halation
Aperture
Arch
Archival (film)
Archival storage conditions
Archive
ASA rating
Aspect ratio
Atmospheres
Attenuator
Audio disc analog timeline
Audio disc playing speed
Audio Formats
Audiovisual
Audiovisual Archivist
AV Media Descriptors
Azimuth
B
B-type
B-wind
Backcoat
Backing
Bandwidth
Base
Base polishing/coating
Batching
Bench
Bend
Betacam®
BH perf
Bi-pack
Bias line
Binary number
Binder
Biphase
Bit
Black and white film
Bleach
Bleeding
Blister
Blocking
Bloop
Blow-up
Breathing
Bridge
Brightness
Brittleness
Broadcast
Broken
Bubble
Buckle and weave
Butt splice
C
Camera
Camera key
Camphor
Can
Cavity
CEDAR
Cel
Cello-solve
Cellside
Cellulose
Cellulose nitrate
Cement (film)
Change-over cues
Characteristic curve
Checkerboard editing
Chemical residue
Chinagirl
Chinagraph
Chip
Chrominance
Chromium dioxide
Chromogenic
CIE
Cinch marks
Cinching
Cinema
Cinemascope
Cleaning equipment
Cleaning film
Clock leader
Coating
Coercivity
Cohesive force
Collection Risk Assessment Framework
Collodion Photographic Process
Colour
Colour burst
Colour coupler
Colour film
Colour temperature
Compander
Compliance
Component video
Composite duplicate negative
Composite master positive
Composite print
Composite video
Compression
Condenser
Consequence of Loss
Conservation
Contact printer
Contact printing
Continuity
Continuous printer
Continuous printing
Contrast
Control track
Core
Counter
Crazing
CRI
Cropping
Cross Link
Cross modulation
Cross Talk
CRT
Crystalline
Cue
Curl
Current
Curvature
Curvature error
Cyan
Cyclical maintenance
D
D1 Digital video
D2 Digital video
D3 Digital video
D5 Digital video
D9 Digital video
Darkening
DCC
DCT
De-emphasis
Decibel
Decomposition
Degaussing
Densitometer
Density
Depression
Depth of field
Depth of focus
Desmet colour method
Developer
Developing
Dewpoint
Diacetate
Diaphragm
Diffraction
Diffuse
Digital
Digital betacam
Digital intermediate (DI)
Digital recording
Digital video
Digital-to-analog
Dimple
DIN
Disc
Discrete
Dish
Disk
Dissolve
Distortion
Dolby
Dolby stereo sound
Double perforation 16mm
Double system
Drop frame
Dropout
Dry Plate Photographic Process
Dub
Dubbing
Dufaycolor
Dullness
Dupe
Duping copy
Duplicate negative
DV/DVC
DVCAM
DVCPRO
DVD
DVE
Dye
Dynamic range
E
Edge damage
Edge markings
Edge wave
Effects
Ektachrome®
Embossing
Emulsion
Encoder
Equalisation
Erasure
Esters
Exposure
Exposure index
F
F-stop
Fade
Fading (image)
Fast emulsion
FCC or F.C.C.
Ferrotyping
FIAF
Field
Film
Film cores
Film Formats
Film gauges
Film identification
Film loop
Film speeds
Filter
Final mix
Finegrain
Fixer
Fixing
Flange
Flange pack
Flare
Flashing
Flat
Flicker
Float test
Flood track
Flutter
Flux
FM sync
Focal length
Focus
Fog
Fogging
Foot candles
Footage
Foreign matter
Fox hole
FPS
Fragility
Frame
Frame count cueing
Frame store
Frameline
Frameline creep and shift
Framing
Freeze frame
Frequency
Fullcoat
G
Gaffer
Galvanometer
Gamma
Gap
Gate
Gauge
Gelatin
Gelatin Photographic Process
Generation
Genklene
Genlock
Goerz-tenax
Grading
Grading charts
Grain (size)
Graininess
Granularity
Green Film
Grey base
Greyscale
Guidelines for collection development recommendations
Gummy deposits
H
Halation
Hand cleaning
Hand repair
HDTV
Head
Head clog
Helical scan recording
Heritage Value
Hertz
Heterodyned
Hi-con
Hilling
Hiss
Holdings
Hue
Humidity
HX
Hydrolysis
Hygroscopic
Hypo
Hysteresis
I
Ilford
Illumination
Image
Image spread
Importance
In-band gain
Inclusion
Infra-red
Insert edit
Instantaneous disc
Integral tripack colour film
Intensity
Intercine
Interdupe
Interlace
Interlayer adhesion
Intermediate
Internegative
Interpositive
Ion
Iris
Iron oxide
ISO
J
Jam sync
Jewel case
Jog
Join
Joining equipment
Jump (vertical)
K
Key numbers
Kinescope
Kink
Kodachrome
Kodacolor
Kodak
Kodak year symbols
KS perfs
L
Label damage
Lace-up and sync marks
Lacquer disc
Last film search
Latent image
Latitude
Layer
Leaching
Leaders
Leafing
Length
Lens
Lenticular color
Level sync
LFOP
Life expectancy
Light
Light sensitive emulsion
Light valve
Lighting ratio
Linear
Log E
Logarithm
Longevity
Longitudinal recording
Loose pieces
Loudness
Low contrast (film)
Low-speed film
Lubricant
Lumen
Lumiere
Luminance
Lux
M
M&E
Mag film
Mag stripe print
Magenta
Magnetic oxide lift
Magnetic particles
Magnetic pigment
Magnetic recording timeline
Magnetic remanence
Magnetic retentivity
Magnetic soundtrack
Magnetic tape
Manufacturing surface defect
Marks
Married print
Masking
Master
Master positive
Matte
Matting
MAVIS
Mintech
Missing pieces
Mistracking
Mix
Modulation
Modulation transfer
Molecular sieve
Monitor
Motion picture
Mould (on film)
Mould (on tape)
Moviola
MP3
MPEG
Multitrack
Mute
N
NAB
Nanometre
Naphthalene syndrome
NARA
Narrow gauge film
Negative
Newton's rings
NG
NG take
Nitrate
Nitric acid
Nitrogen dioxide
Nitrous acid
Noise
Noise reduction
Non drop frame
Non-linear
Notches (grading)
NTSC
O
Obsolesence
Off-line
On-line
Opaque
Optical printer
Optical printing
Optical recorder
Optical sound
Original composite negative
Original picture negative
Original sound negative
Orthochromatic
Orwocolor
Out-takes
Oxidation
Oxide shed
P
Pack slip
PADI
PAL
Panchromatic
Panel printer
Pathe film identification
Peeling (of emulsion)
PEN
Perforation damage
Perforations
PET
PH
Photocell
Picture duplicate negative
Picture master positive
Picture print
Pin
Pin hole
Pitch
Pitting
Plasticiser
Polyester
Polymer
Popped strand
Positive
Post roll
PPM
Pre-emphasis
Premix
Preservation
Preservation copy
Preservation film copying
Preservation Planning
Preservation Project Pro-forma
Preview
Primary colours
Print-through (audio)
Print-through (film)
Printer sync
Printers
Printmaster
Processing
Processor
Projector
Q
Quadrature
Quality checking
Quantization
R
Rack
Rain
Raw stock
Receptor
Reciprocity
Reduction printing
Reel
Refraction
Refreshing
Register pin
Registration
Rejuvenation
Relative humidity (RH)
Release print
Repairing film
Replenishment
Resolution
Resolution chart
Restoration
Retensioning
Reticulation
Reversal
RGB
Rips, tears, holes and light notches
Risk assessment
Roll
S
Safelight
Safety film
Saturation
Scatter
Scene
Scission
Scouring
Scratches
Screen
SDDS
SEAPAVAA
SECAM
Secondary colours
Seepage
Segment
Sensitivity
Sensitometer
Sensitometry
Sensurround
Separation
Shedding
Shellac disc
Short end
Shot
Shrinkage
Shrinkage gauge
Shutter
Shuttle
Sibilants
Signal
Signal-to-noise-ratio
Silver
Silver halides
Silver salts
Slitting
SMPTE
Soft
Solachrome
Solvent
Sound
Sound bloops and projection prints
Sound defects on film tracks
Sound dubbing
Sound duping negative
Sound duping positive
Sound master negative
Sound print
Soundtrack
Soundtracks on film
Sparkle
Specific gravity
Spectrum
Speed
Splicers
Splices
Split spool
Spoking
Spontaneous ignition
Spool
Sprocket
Sprocket holes
Squealing
Start marks
Static mark
Steenbeck
Stencil
Step printer
Step printing
Step wedge
Stereo
Stereo sound
Stick slip
Sticky shed
Sticky splices
Sticky tape
Stiction
Stitching
Stock date
Stop
Storage of cellulose acetate
Storage of cellulose nitrate
Storage of colour film
Storage of equipment
Storage of magnetic materials
Storage of paper materials
Straight line portion
Stress
Stretch frame
Stripe
Striped tape
Substrate
Subtractive (colour) process
Subwoofer
Surround sound
Sync mark
Sync pip
Synch marks
Synchronisation
Synchroniser
T
Tachometer
Tail
Take
Tape
Tape baking
Tape noise
Tape pack
Tape to head speed
Tape transport
TBC
Technical codes
Technical selection procedure
Technical sheets
Technicolor
Telecine
Television
Tension
Thermal
Thermohygrograph
Threshold
THX
Timecode
Tint
TLV
Todd-AO
Toe
Toe recording
Tonal range
Tone
Track angle
Trailer
Tramline scratching
Transcription
Transmission
Transmit
Trapezoidal error
Tri-pack
Tri-separation
Triacetate
Trial print
Tungsten light
Turbulation
Two-colour process
Type 'C' printer
U
U-matic
Ultra stereo
Ultrasonic
Ultrasonic cleaner
Ultrasonic cleaning
Ultraviolet light
Undeveloped
Unmodulated
Urgency
V
Variable area
Variable density
Vaults
Video
Videotape
Videotape Formats
Viewing print
Vignetting
Vinegar syndrome
Vinyl disc
Voice-over
W
Waveform monitor
Weave (horizontal)
Westrex
Wet gate printing
Wet Plate Photographic Process
Widescreen
Wild track
Wind (archival)
Winders
Windowing
Wipe
Wire tangle/knot
Work print
Wow
Wrinkle
X
X curve
Y
Yield strength
Z
Zebra tape
Zenith
Zeolites