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phase alternation line (PAL)
Color video standard pioneered in Europe but also used in many other parts of the world. PAL uses 625 scanning lines per picture, 25 pictures (frames) per second, each frame is made up of two sequential fields containing respectively the odd and the even lines (interlace).
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