a) The rate at which frames of video data are scanned on the screen. In an (M) NTSC system, the frame rate is 29.97 frames per second. For (B, D, G, H, I) PAL, the frame rate is 25 frames per second.

b) The number of frames per second at which a video clip is displayed.

c) The rate at which frames are output from a video decoding device or stored in memory. The NTSC frame rate is 30 frames/second while some graphics frame rates are as high as 100 frames/second.