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Halide: A compound or ion containing fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, or astatine.

Acid Halide: Acid chloride; acyl halide; acyl chloride. Compounds containing a carbonyl group bound to a halogen atom.

Silver Halides: Light sensitive crystals used in photographic emulsions, i.e. Silver bromide, silver chloride and silver iodide. The change from white to black metallic silver when exposed to light.

Alkyl Halide: An alkyl group attached to a halogen atom.

Development: Sometimes refers to the entire process in which a game is made. Sometimes used mainly in reference to the earlier process of researching the feasibility of a game, as opposed to the later ac . . . View Full Definition

Developer: Usually used to refer to a company that builds games but does not publish or distribute them. May also be used as an all-encompassing term to refer to anyone involved in the building of game . . . View Full Definition

Dye Sensitizing: Defined as all silver halides used in black & white emulsions are sensitive to blue light. Early photographic materials possessed only this sensitivity.

Finality Development: Prolonged development, reducing silver halides affected by light to silver until no further image density improvement occurs.

Fixation: A rule of the National Association of Securities Dealers providing ethical guidelines for spreads created by market makers and commissions charged by brokers.

Daguerreotype: First practical and commercial photographic process, introduced by louis daguerre in 1839. The sensitive material comprised silver iodide, deposited on a polished silver plated copper base. . . . View Full Definition