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glossary


AddOn	A node that is not natively built into vvvv but available with an extra download
API	Application Programming Interface
ArtNet	Protocol for sending DMX data over IP networks, created by the company Artistic Licence
ASIO	Steinberg's Audio Stream Input/Output protocol
Bass	Audio Library
Box2D	2D Physics Engine by Erin Catto
Boygrouping	Clients/Server render cluster mode
Collada	File format for 3D data. Files have the ending .dae
DataType	Specifies the type of data bound to a pin. Only pins of the same datatype can be connected.
Direct3D	Microsofts 3D rendering technology. Part of DirectX
DirectShow	Microsofts video rendering technology
DirectX	Collection of Microsofts media related programming technologies
DMX	Standard protocol for stage lighting and effects
DualView	Graphic card setting: multiple monitors can have different resolutions
Effect	DirectX container format for Vertex- and PixelShader
Empty Spread	Special case in which a spread has zero slices. aka NIL or Ø
FFT	Fast Fourier Transformation - a technique for sound frequency analysis
FreeFrame	Open videoeffect specification
Girlpower	Collection of demo patches coming with vvvv in the directory \girlpower
HelpPatch	A Patch describing a nodes functionality. Can be accessed by pressing F1 with a node selected.
HLSL	High Level Shader Language used to write an effect
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Inlet	Short for input pin
Inspektor	VVVVs Window that gives access to all pins of a selected node
IRC	Internet Relay Chat protocol
Link	A connection between 2 pins
MIDI	Musical Instrument Digital Interface
Module	A patch designed to be reusable as a node in different scenarios
NIL	Short for Empty Spread
Node	An elementary building block of a Patch. Has input and output Pins
ODE	Open Dynamics Engine by Russell Smith
OSC	Open Sound Control Protocol
Outlet	Short for output pin
Patch	A window containing a graph of nodes
Pin	Inputs and outputs of a Node
Plugin	A node based on vvvvs COM-based plugininterface
RS232	Serial Port communications standard
Shader	Code running on the GPU rather than on the CPU. Comes in the form of vertex- and pixelshaders which together make up an effect
Singleton	A node that can only have one instance within each patch. All of which internally reference the same object
Slice	Single entry of a Spread
SliceCount	Specifies the number of entries in a spread. aka SpreadCount
SpanMode	Graphic card setting: one large screenarea across all monitors
Spread	VVVVs list/array type. A spread consists of slices
SpreadCount	Synonym for SliceCount
SubType	More precisely specifies a datatype
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
UDP	User Datagram Protocol
v4p	File suffix of a vvvv patch
VST	Steinberg's Virtual Studio Technology is a popular audio plugin standard
WDM	Windows Driver Model
X file	Microsoft's Direct3D geometry file format
Ø	Symbol for NIL aka Empty Spread

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