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Computing Fundamentals

calibration

In information technology and other fields, calibration is the setting or correcting of a measuring device or base level, usually by adjusting it to match or conform to a dependably known and unvarying measure. For example, the brightness or black level of a video display can be calibrated using a PLUGE pattern .

Last updated on: Sep 21, 2005

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