Core_Computer Studies: Terms and Jargon

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

anchor points

Anti-aliasing

 

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B

Bézier curves

Bitmap

Bitmap EPS

BMP

Bookmarking

Browser Safe Colors

Bytes

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C

 

CMYK

Compressing files

Create a new folder

 

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D

 

Digitise

Dithering

Dots-per-inch

dpi

 

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E

 

EPS

 

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F

 

Favourites in Internet searches

File compression

File directory

File size

Folders : creating

 

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G

GIF

gigabyte

Graphical Interchange Format

Graphics for the Web

 

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H

 

Handles

HTML stands for....

 

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I

 

Image Files and Formats

Image preparation for the web

image resolution

Image size

Index color

Introduction to using the World Wide Web:

 

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J

 

JPEG

 

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K

kilobyte

 

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L

Linked files

Local site

Lossless file compression

Lossy file compression

 

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M

Managing files:

megabyte

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N

Native file

Non-native file

 

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O

object-oriented graphics

Optimizing images

 

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P

Page Description Language

PDF files

PDL

PICT

pixel

pixels-per-inch

PostScript

ppi

 

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Q

R

 

Raster images

Remote site

Resolution

RGB

rollovers

 

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S

 

Samples-per-inch

Screen Capture

Screen resolution

Screen shots

spi

suffix conventions

 

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T

 

Tangent points

Thumbnail files

TIFF

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U

 

Using Search engines and keeping track of your research

Using the World Wide Web:

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V

 

Vector

Vector EPS

 

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W

 

Web graphics preparation

Web Palette

Web resolution

Web safe colours

World Wide Web What it is , where it came from and other bits of info

World Wide Web Keeping track of your research

 

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