Digital Content Creation (software). Software used for the design of animated sequences and special effects in motion pictures as well as video and computer games. Leading examples are such products as Autodesk 3ds max®, Maya® from Alias and Softimage|XSI® from Avid/Softimage. Developer Kit A software package or version of a software program designed for and licensed to the developers of other software application programs.
Digital Compact Cassette. The DCC system is an extension of the existing Compact Cassette standard, defining a magnetic tape system that includes recording and playback of digital data.
Digital Compact Cassette - Philips' home digital tape system, now rather knocked out by Sony's MiniDisc
Depository and Clearing Centre
(Digital Compact Cassette) - A cassette tape format that employs perceptual coding.
Digital Curation Centre http://www.dcc.ac.uk
Digital Curation Centre; a resource and research & development centre that supports and promotes continuing improvement in the quality of data curation and of associated digital preservation for the benefit of the UK academic community.
Digital Command Control. A control system for Digital model railways that is now the most widespread system worldwide. The standard set down by the NMRA (National Model Railroad Association) in the USA allows equipment from different manufacturers to be used together. The Gaugemaster Prodigy Advance System uses the DCC command language.
Digital Command Control. Method of controlling multiple trains and accessories using digital communications packets to send commands.
Digital compact cassette. A digital audio tape format based on the popular compact cassette. Abandoned by Philips in 1996.
Digital Compact Cassette is Philips' backwards compatible digital cassette format. In addition to playing and recording Digital Compact Cassettes, DCC recorders also play standard analogue cassettes. Hence the term backwards compatible. DCC tapes work to 16-bit 44.1kHz sampling. It also features Philips' PASC data reduction system. PASC selectively discards signals thought to be below the threshold of audibility. Soft signals audible in isolation may be masked by louder signals. In such circumstances PASC eliminates the masked signals.
The Digital Curation Centre: www.dcc.ac.uk
See Digital Compact Cassette.