Definitions for "De-interlacing"
The process, usually performed by video editing software, of removing interlacing from video originally intended for display on television monitors, in order to make it suitable for display on computer monitors.
Upconversion where the number of lines per frame and Frame Rate are preserved, but the interlace ratio is modified, usually from 2:1 to 1:1 Intermediate stage of standards conversion to alleviate the frame rate conversion.
This involves assembling pairs of interlaced fields into one progressive frame, 1/60th of a second in length and showing it at least twice to use up the same amount of time as two fields.