Orphan date February 2009 A VGA Extender is an electronic device that increases the signal strength from a VGA port , most often from a computer. They are often used in schools, businesses, and homes when multiple monitors are being run off one VGA port, or if the cable between the monitor and the computer will be excessively long often pictures appear blurry or have minor Compression artifact artifacts if the cable runs too far without a booster . VGA extenders are sometimes called VGA boosters. Source http www.ascot systems.co.uk HomeProductsTrainingVGAAmplifier.htm DEFAULTSORT Vga Extender Category Computer hardware ... more details
VGA can refer to Spike Video Game Awards , an awards show much like MTV Video Music Awards focused on video game s. Variable gain amplifier , a type of amplifier that varies gain based on some control voltage. Variable gauge axle , a multiple gauge solution used between incompatible railways. Video Graphics Array , a graphics standard for personal computers and associated connectors. The Display resolution pixel resolution of a Video Graphics Array display. Virginia General Assembly disambig de VGA fr VGA it VGA disambigua ja VGA vi VGA ... more details
Infobox connector name Mini VGA type Analogue computer video connector image Image Mini VGA cropped.jpg 250px logo caption The Mini VGA plug on an iBook designer design date manufacturer production date superseded VGA connector superseded by Mini DVI superseded by date external yes hotplug length width height data signal I C data channel for DDC information data bit width data bandwidth data devices data style physical connector cable num pins 14 pinout image Image MiniVGA Connector Pinout.svg 210px pinout caption A female Mini VGA connector pin1 GND pin1 name GND pin2 N.C. pin2 name VSync pin3 N.C. pin3 name HSync pin4 GND pin4 name Red Return pin5 S Video C pin5 name Red video pin6 GND pin6 name Green return pin7 S Video Y pin7 name Green video pin8 5 V pin8 name 5 V pin9 Composite video pin9 name Blue video pin10 DDC data pin10 name DDC data pin11 DDC clock pin11 name DDC clock pin12 GND pin12 name GND pin13 Cable detect pin13 name Cable detect pin14 GND pin14 name Blue return pinout notes Left column indicates VGA mode, right column indicates television output mode. Mini VGA connectors are used on laptops and other systems in place of the standard VGA connector . Apple ref http store.apple.com us product M8639G A VGA Display Adapter Apple Store U.S. ref and HP ref http www.shopping.hp.com ... the HP Mini VGA cable direct from HP ref have separate implementations using the same name. Apart from its compact form, mini VGA ports have the added ability to output both Composite video composite and S Video in addition to VGA signals through the use of Extended display identification data EDID . The mini DVI and Mini DisplayPort connectors have largely replaced mini VGA. Mini VGA connectors ... in HP Mini s and HP TouchSmart s. The mini VGA connector can also be used for video output. In this mode ... Display Port AVconn Category Computer peripherals Compu graphics stub ca Mini VGA de Mini VGA fr Mini VGA it Mini VGA ja Mini VGA fi Mini VGA tr Mini VGA zh Mini VGA ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2007 A VGA box is a video converter that allows the display of common analog video standards on a Video Graphics Array VGA computer monitor. Video signals converted on this kind of unit range from S Video to component video signals. Some VGA boxes have audio outputs on them so that they can also act as plug adapters for RCA connector RCA audio inputs to use computer speaker s. Some models of VGA boxes allow a computer with a multi pin high resolution port to use them on other occasions. Others models include devices that convert VGA signals to composite, S video or component video , as well as SCART in Europe . People have used video this type of device so they can use their game console s, Videocassette recorder VCR s and DVD player s on their computer monitor. Though in the modern world, media on those formats is feasible to convert to a format playable directly off the computer, sometimes through the opposite function of displaying computer output on a standard NTSC TV with composite s video. Also there is an object called vga to rca converter which converts normal vga to vga to rca which allows you to view multiple screens on different devices Category Video game hardware videogame hardware stub ... more details
File Dreamcast VGA box.jpg thumb A third party Dreamcast VGA box The Dreamcast video game console is able to output Video Graphics Array VGA to a Visual display unit computer display or High definition television HDTV using a first or third party peripheral usually referred to as VGA box , VGA cable or VGA adapter . Functionality If pin 6 and pin 7 on the Dreamcast s A V out is connected to the ground, the Dreamcast switches to VGA mode ref cite web url http www.gamesx.com grafx dricas.gif title VGA box schematic accessdate 2008 11 05 publisher gamesx.com ref ref cite web url http www.gamesx.com ... television HDTV with VGA in. The official VGA adapter itself consists of merely a plastic case providing space for the VGA port and a 3.5mm TRS connector for audio on one side, and AV out composite video ... to Sega s model except for cosmetic differences , with the exception of the VGA cable by Blaze , which lacked the additional A V out. Compatibility Compatible games File Dreamcast VGA box back.jpg thumb Most VGA boxes also have S Video and composite video output. Most Dreamcast games are compatible with the VGA box. ref cite web url http www.nephil.de vga comp.html title VGA compatibility ... VGABoxCompatibility.htm title VGA box compatibility accessdate 2010 11 1 publisher ShinForce ref Incompatible games will give an error message upon boot. All Dreamcast games can use a VGA box s S Video ... VGA incompatible games. Even S Video, far from VGA quality, is a very noticeable improvement over ... the Dreamcast from booting in VGA mode. Unplugging the VGA box while booting a game, or boot discs like ... a CRT VGA monitor. It will not function with LCD, LED, and plasma screens, or projectors, regardless of the connection used. DVI compatibility The VGA box can be connected to a HDTV or PC monitor ... I compatible. DVI D will not work. HDMI conversion It is possible to convert the VGA output of the Dreamcast to High Definition Multimedia Interface HDMI via a VGA to HDMI converter, allowing the Dreamcast ... more details
Infobox VG title VGA Planets developer Tim Wisseman released 1991 in video gaming genre Turn based strategy modes Multi player platforms MS DOS , Apple Macintosh , Web VGA Planets is a graphical, multi ... 11 different races fight for control. The VGA Planets brand has evolved into several distinct games VGA Planets 3 is the original turn based game turn based , multiplayer strategy game that became extremely popular, establishing the brand. Version 3 is still played today by many players. VGA Planets Nu is the 2010 web edition of the Version 3 game. VGA Planets 4 is a separate game, with similar game play which followed the Version 3 release produced as shareware by Tim Wisseman. VGA Planets 5 StarCube under development is a new version of VGA Planets which is played as a real time multiplayer ... Birdmen excel at spy tactics and cloaking . VGA Planets follows the 4X game eXplore, eXpand ... project was approved by Tim Wisseman called VGA Planets Nu to rebuild the version 3 game on to modern ... games in November 2010. VGA Planets 3 4 VGA Planets Clients up to version 3.0 were DOS programs ... available at the author s web page. VGA Planets Nu VGA Planets Nu is a remake of the version ... challenges found in the older VGA Planets 3 versions which do not run on modern technology and create many barriers to entry for new players. Players sign up and can start playing immediately. VGA Planets 5 There is a new version of VGA Planets in progress since 2010. It will be published in 2011 ... space. There are some changes in the version 4 concept due to the new media. To ensure that VGA ... popularity, LAN s and the Internet were not generally available to the public, so VGA Planets was primarily ... http www.starcube.co The official VGA Planets 5 site http www.planets4.com The official VGA Planets site http wiki.planetmaker.de VGA Planets 3 Wiki http planets4.hood net.org wiki index.php Main Page VGA Planets 4 Wiki http www.grgzone.com games planets4 VGA Planets 4 Information and Tools from ... more details
Infobox connector name VGA connector DE 15 HD 15 type Computer analog video connector image Image SVGA port.jpg 300px logo caption A female DE 15 output in a laptop computer. designer International Business Machines IBM based on D subminiature design date 1987 manufacturer production date 1987 to present superseded superseded by Digital Visual Interface DVI superseded by date 1999 external hotplug length width height audio signal video signal RGB video signal plus option H and V sync data signal ... s wire and solder side. NOTOC Image Vga cable.jpg thumb left A VGA cable A Video Graphics Array VGA connector is a three row 15 pin D subminiature DE 15 connector. The 15 pin VGA connector ... computers or other small devices, a mini VGA port is sometimes used in place of the full sized VGA ... DE 9 connector used on older VGA cards, which has the same shell size but only two rows of pins . VGA connectors and cables carry Analog television analog component video component RGBHV red, green ... the key pin with 5 V DC power supply. Cable quality see also RAMDAC The same VGA cable can be used with a variety of supported VGA resolutions, ranging from 640x400px 70 Hz 24 MHz ... splitters , and other signal degradation effects shorter VGA cables are less likely to introduce ... There are HDMI to VGA and Digital Visual Interface DVI to VGA adapters, and VGA to SCART converters ... scheme pinout.shtml ref ref http www.amazon.co.uk Hama SCART To VGA cable dp B0002W69MY ref In HDMI DVI to VGA one needs to run a separate RCA connector audio line . See also Display Data Channel ... www.repairfaq.org REPAIR F vidconv.html VIDCONV 056 DE 15 to 5 BNC AVconn DEFAULTSORT Vga Connector Category Analog video connectors Category Computer peripherals ar ca Connector VGA de VGA Anschluss fa fr Connecteur VGA ko VGA it Video Graphics Array Connettore VGA ja VGA ru VGA sr zh VGA ... more details
wiktionarypar quarterQuarter is one fourth, , or 25 , and may refer to Quarter country subdivision , a section or area, usually of a town Quarter United States coin , valued at one fourth of a U.S. dollar Quarter Canadian coin , valued at one fourth of a Canadian dollar Academic quarter year division , a division of an academic year lasting from 8 to 12 weeks Academic quarter class timing , term used by universities in various European countries for the 15 minutes between the defined start time for a lecture and the actual time it will start Fiscal quarter, three months of a fiscal year Quarter, equal to 28 pounds using imperial units of weight Quarter, equal to 4 ounces using imperial units of weight Quarter, South Lanarkshire , a small settlement in Scotland See also 1 4 disambiguation Quarter days , in British and Irish tradition, one of four dates in each year on which rents, etc. were due Quarters drinking game , a drinking game using the U.S. coins Quarterly Quartering disambiguation Quartering heraldry , joining several coats of arms on one shield partitioned in four Quartile Paris districts Quartier , districts in Paris Quartiere , a subdivision of certain Italian towns The Quarter at Tropicana , an entertainment and retail attraction in Atlantic City, New Jersey 1st Battalion 4th Marines 1 4 , a unit in the United States Marine Corps Close quarters battle General quarters Barracks , also known as military quarters No quarter occurs when a victor shows no clemency or mercy and refuses to spare the life of the vanquished when they surrender at discretion disambig de Quarter fr Quartier ko ja ru simple Quarter fi Vartti th uk ... more details
about the military term other uses No quarter disambiguation A victor gives no quarter when the victor shows no clemency or mercy and refuses to spare the life in return for the surrender at discretion unconditional surrender of a vanquished opponent. ref Oxford English Dictionary quarter, n. 18.a ref Details Under the laws of war ... it is especially forbidden ... to declare that no quarter will be given . This was established under Article 23 of the IV Convention &ndash The Laws and Customs of War on Land of the Hague Conventions 1899 and 1907 Hague Conventions of 1907 . ref http avalon.law.yale.edu 19th century hague04.asp art23 IV The Laws and Customs of War on Land ref Since a judgment on the law relating to war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials in October 1946, the 1907 Hague conventions, including the explicit prohibition to declare that no quarter will be given, are considered to be part of the customary laws of war and are binding on all parties in an international armed conflict. ref http avalon.law.yale.edu imt judlawre.asp Judgment The Law Relating to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in the Avalon Project archive at Yale Law School ref The term originates from an order by the commander of a victorious army that they will not quarter house captured enemy soldiers. Therefore, none can be taken prisoner and all enemy combatants must be killed ... in the Oxford English Dictionary OED is that quarter n.17 can mean Relations with, or conduct towards, another as in Shakespeare Oth. II. iii. 180, Friends all..In Quarter, and in termes like Bride, and Groome. so no quarter may also mean to refuse to enter in to an agreement relations with an enemy ... the Dutch and Spaniards, by which the ransom of an officer or private was to be a quarter of his pay, is at variance with the constant sense of the phrases give and receive quarter. See also List of established military terms Ordinance of no quarter to the Irish References reflist Category laws of war ... more details
Multiple issues orphan February 2009 unreferenced January 2008 date May 2010 VGA M doc M rignac VGAM was a France French sports club based in M rignac, France , that hosted soccer , cricket , hockey , tennis , cycling , basketball , and swimming sport swimming teams. The club moved to the Stade du Jard Stadium of the Jard M rignac, commonly known as Parc de la Vie at Grand Air , which was a thirteen hectare sports complex. The motto of the VGAM was well done and said . Citation needed date May 2010 Awards Champion France CFAF 1912, 1913, 1914 Finalist Trophy France 1913 Champion DH Southwest 1921, 1922 History The VGA M doc reached the finals of the Trophy France in 1913 after defeating FC Rouen in the semi finals on May 12 2 1 . On May 18, Bordeaux defeated CA Paris 2 1 at Stadium of the Jard in M rignac. The following season, they reached the 1914 Trophy finals and faced France at the Olympic Lillois. After the Great War , VGA shined in the French Cup by reaching the semi finals in 1919 and 1920 and the quarter finals in 1922. VGA won two titles in the Championship Division Honorary Southwest in 1921 and 1922 before leaving the elite regional final in 1925. DEFAULTSORT Medoc Merignac Category Defunct French football clubs France footyclub stub de VGA M doc Bordeaux fr Vie au Grand Air du M doc ... more details
Copy to Wikimedia Commons Summary Information Description An assembled Project VGA graphics board, photographed on anti static packaging. Source User Electron9 Electron9 User talk Electron9 talk Date Author User Electron9 Electron9 User talk Electron9 talk Permission other versions Licensing GFDL self migration relicense ... more details
Summary The VGA palette. copy to Wikimedia Commons Source code bin bash requires ImageMagick echo P3 512 512 63 vga.ppm for r in 0..63 do for g in 0..63 do for b in 0..63 do echo r g b vga.ppm done done done convert vga.ppm vga.png Licensing PD self date October 2006 ... more details
Refimprove date March 2010 The implementation of computer monitor text mode on Video Graphics Array VGA ... computers. Main features of VGA text mode are colored arbitrary 16 color palette computing palette ... usually but not necessary uses hardware VGA compatible text modes, and Win32 console environment ... of VGA text as it commonly used Light gray background normally not white . align right Box drawing. Various br back foreground br combinations. Image VGA text sample animation.gif 144px CGA EGA .... ref name vgatext http www.osdever.net FreeVGA vga vgatext.htm FreeVGA Project VGA Text Mode Operation ref This byte pair scheme is among the features that VGA inherited from Enhanced Graphics Adapter ... are assigned in the same way as in 4 bit indexed color graphic modes, see Video Graphics Array The VGA color palette detailed description of VGA palette . anchor MDA features VGA modes have no need in reverse and bright attributes because foreground background colors can be set explicitly. The VGA .... Image Octets in CP866 ordered by nibbles.png 192px thumb right Map of an 8 8 font for EGA VGA with code page 866 . Characters are not so dense as in actual text mode Screen fonts used in EGA and VGA ... within a character box ref http www.osdever.net FreeVGA vga textcur.htm FreeVGA Project Manipulating ... glyph. Access methods There are generally two way to access a VGA text for an application through ... EGA 80 25 9 16 720 400 16 colors Video Graphics Array VGA 80 50 9 8 720 400 16 colors VGA 80 60 16 colors VESA BIOS Extensions VESA compatible Super VGA 132 25 16 colors VESA compatible Super VGA 132 43 16 colors VESA compatible Super VGA 132 50 16 colors VESA compatible Super VGA 132 60 16 colors VESA compatible Super VGAVGA and compatimple cards support MDA, CGA and EGA modes. All colored modes ... personal computers. Two other VGA text modes, 90 43 and 90 50, exist but were very rarely used. The 40 ... VESA compatible Super VGA text modes are manufacturer s dependent. Some cards e.g. S3 Graphics S3 ... more details
No quarter is when a victor shows no clemency or mercy and refuses to spare the life in return for the unconditional surrender of a vanquished opponent. No quarter may also refer to No Quarter song No Quarter song , a Led Zeppelin song No Quarter Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded , an album by Page and Plant named after the above song No Quarter Records , a record label Ordinance of no quarter to the Irish decree passed by the English Parliament in 1644 NoQuarter, a popular modification of the 2003 video game Wolfenstein Enemy Territory No Quarter , a short story by Guy de Maupassant disambig ... more details
A European Quarter also European District , European Union EU Quarter and other variations or by the French language French Quartier europ en usually refers to an area of a city containing a concentration of pan European institutions notably, those of the European Union and Council of Europe . At present, there are three such quarters Brussels and the European Union Quarter European Quarter of Brussels Belgium European Institutions in Strasbourg Area European Quarter of Strasbourg France European Quarter of Luxembourg city Luxembourg Luxembourg It may also refer to any quarter of a city that has considerable Europe an influence, such as the community in Fresno, California . disambig de Europaviertel es Barrio europeo desambiguaci n ru ... more details
Quarter marathon QM refers to either an exact race of a quarter of a marathon, or running for 10 15 kilometers approx. 6.5 9 miles without a race. The former is held in many places around the world. Sisaket , a north eastern province in Thailand, holds quarter marathons on the third Sunday of December every year. Bushey , a town in East England also hold quarter marathon every July. The latter is a hobby by many people who enjoy running but feel a full marathon difficult to complete. Hobby runners typically do not follow exact distance. Any distance between 10 15 kilometers is acceptable. External links http www.durhamquartermarathon.com Durham Quarter Marathon http www.mylongkang.com 2009 05 10 sarawak quarter marathon 2009 Sarawak Quarter Marathon http loqal.com Chicago Quarter Marathon.9.3577679p.home.html Chicago Quarter Marathon Category Events in athletics track and field Category Road running Category Running by distance ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Quarter dollar may refer to unit of currencies that are named dollar . Normally 1 dollar is divided into 100 Cent currency cents , making quarter dollar equal to 25 cents. But most of the time, coin s or banknote s of that amount are denomination currency denominated in one of the two expressions. See also Quarter Canadian coin Quarter United States coin Dollar DEFAULTSORT Quarter Dollar Category Money ... more details
Northern Quarter may refer to Northern Quarter Brussels Northern Quarter Manchester geodis Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
A quarter crack is a term used by horsemen to describe a Vertical direction vertical split in a horse hoof wall at or about the quarter or widest part of the hoof. Quarter cracks are not an uncommon injury in horses worked extensively in Horseshoe horseshoes . ref citeweb url http www.andalusians for you.com quarter crack.html title Quarter cracks What are quarter cracks? publisher www.andalusians for you.com accessdate 2008 06 07 ref One of the horses who suffered a quarter crack was Big Brown , before the 2008 Belmont Stakes . ref citeweb url http www.ntra.com content.aspx?type news&id 32698 title Big Brown suffered from quarter crack publisher www.ntra.com accessdate 2008 06 07 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20080530035347 http www.ntra.com content.aspx?type news&id 32698 Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2008 05 30 ref References Reflist Category Horse anatomy ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Quarter bells are the bell instrument bells that the clock mechanism strikes on each passing quarter of the hour . Often, as in the case of Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster Big Ben , a different tune is played for each quarter. This enables people to be able to tell the time, without actually having to be within sight of the clock face. DEFAULTSORT Quarter Bells Category Bells Musical instrument stub ... more details
Academic quarter may refer to Academic quarter year division , a division of the university academic year into four periods, typically 10 weeks long, in the United States and some other countries Academic quarter class timing , a quarter hour transition period offered to students at some European educational institutions for them to travel between class locations Disambig ... more details
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