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    CCD

    Last Updated May 24, 2021 1:37 pm
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    Short for charge-coupled device, an instrument whose semiconductors are connected so that the output of one serves as the input of the next. Digital cameras, video cameras, and optical scanners all use CCD arrays.

    Contrast with CIS.

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