DNR

abbr.

1. Department of Natural Resources
2. do not resuscitate

The removal of unwanted artifacts in video material. The simplest noise reduction works primarily by comparing one frame to the next and removing tiny specks that are not the same in each frame. More advanced dynamic noise reduction (DNR) circuits not only handle temporal reduction (frame-to-frame), but also deal with spatial noise reduction, which detects and removes undesirable noise within the same frame. See noise and artifacts.

Noise Reduction

Algolith's 3D-DNR technology dramatically cleans up the noise in video frames. Noise and other artifacts are becoming increasingly more visible as TV screens become larger and higher resolutions are used. (Image courtesy of Algolith inc., www.algolith.com)

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abbr.

do not resuscitate

is short for:

Meaning	Category
Daigakusei No Ranma	Community->Media
Damn Near Russia	Governmental->Military
Deer Near Reload	Community->Sports
Denbury Resources, Inc.	Business->NYSE Symbols
Department of Natural Resources	Academic & Science->Ocean Science Community->Educational Governmental->US Government Governmental->State & Local
Department of Natural Resources (Washington)	Community->Law
Destruction of Nature Resources	Governmental->Environmental
Dial Number Recorder	Computing->Telecom
Did Not Race	Community->Sports
Did Not Run	Community->Sports
Digital Noise Reduction	Academic & Science->Electronics
Dinard, France	Regional->Airport Codes
Do No Right	Community->Law
Do Not Readmit	Medical->Hospitals
Do Not Reduce	Business->General
Do Not Regulate	Governmental->US Government
Do Not Rehire	Business->General
Do Not Renew	Academic & Science->Libraries
Do Not Rest	Medical->Physiology
Do Not Resuscitate	Medical->Physiology
Do Not Resusitate	Medical->Oncology
Do Not Return	Community->Law
Do Nothing Right	Internet->Chat
Domain Name Registration	Internet
Domain Name Resolver	Computing->Networking
Don't No Right	Miscellaneous->Funnies Miscellaneous->Funnies
Dorsal Nerve Root	Medical->Physiology
Dynamic Name Resolver	Computing->Networking
Dynamic Noise Reduction	Governmental->Transportation
The Daily News Record	Community->Media

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