Definition of pal Pal
/pæˈl/ - [patl] - PAL
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- pal (n.)
A mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate.
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A language of Papua New Guinea. -
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Close friend.
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pal
pal, n. (slang) a partner, mate. [Gipsy.]
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PAL (short for Phase Alternating Line) is a method to encode color in analogue television broadcasting systems. It is one of three standards in wide use today. The other two are SECAM and NTSC.
History of the PAL standard.
European countries wanted to introduce colour television in the 1950s. They had a few problems though. The NTSC standard, used in America would not fit the 50 Hz AC frequency of the European power grids. What was more, it also had some weaknesses. The most important weakness of NTSC was that colour tones would change if transmission conditions were bad. For these reasons the development of the SECAM and PAL standards began. The goal was to make a colour TV standard with a picture frequency of 50 fields per second (50 hertz), and a better colour picture than NTSC.
PAL was developed by Walter Bruch at Telefunken in Germany. The format was first unveiled in 1963, with the first broadcasts beginning in the United Kingdom and Germany in 1967.
Telefunken was later bought by the French electronics manufacturer Thomson. Thomson also bought the "Compagnie Générale de Télévision" where Henri de France developed SECAM. SECAM is the first European colour television standard. Thomson nowadays also co-owns the RCA brand for consumer electronics products, which created the NTSC colour TV standard before Thomson became involved.
The term PAL is often used informally to refer to a 625-line/50 Hz (576i, principally European) television system, and to tell it apart from a 525
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