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Video and media servers.    p. cm.

TK6678.P38 2001

778.59'0285--dc21

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To Kevin and Melissa,

And to my wife and partner, Jenny,
for all of their patience,
and help to see this through,

...for the second time.

Karl Paulsen has more than 25 years of practical engineering experience in the design, operations, and management of systems for television broadcast, post production, animation, and multimedia/graphics. He is the Vice President...