CCD
Noun
Meaning
(biology) Initialism of colony collapse disorder.
(electronics) Initialism of charge-coupled device. (digital camera cell technology)
(photography) A CCD-based image sensor.
(oceanography) Initialism of carbonate compensation depth.
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A devout Catholic, Loretta was a member of St. Bernadette Parish and taught CCD there years ago.
A linear charge coupled device (CCD) array with 200 pixels is used as the detector.
A CCD sensor has one amplifier for all the pixels, while each pixel in a CMOS active-pixel sensor has its own amplifier. citation Compared to CCDs, CMOS sensors use less power.
At the same time, the exposed part of the CCD is collecting light again, so no delay occurs between successive exposures.
A frame transfer CCD solves both problems: it has a shielded, not light sensitive, area containing as many cells as the area exposed to light.
Also, GM crops have been widely planted since the late 1990s, but CCD did not appear until 2006.