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What is a CCD?
CCD stands for Charged Coupled Device. This is the image sensor in a digital camera.

When light comes into a camera lense, it is momentarilly saved on the CCD. From there, it is instantly transferred to the storage medium (memory cards, tapes, discs, etc.). Essentially, a CCD acts as temporary digital film before it reaches the storage device.

Camcorders also have CCDs and those work much the same way as the ones in digital cameras.


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