Apps II 006 Vocabulary
North Carolina Computer Apps II Competency 006 Vocabulary
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- MIDI file
- A file containing musical data encoded according to Musical Instrument Digital Interface specifications.
- Authoring software
- Programs used to create documents utilizing point and click features but require some knowledge of the program.
- Color palette
- Available color selections, ranging from 16 colors to 16.7 million.
- MPEG-2
- "Broadcast quality" resolution 720 x 480 with CD quality sound.
- CODEC
- Program/device that COmpresses and DECompresses digital video.
- QuickTime
- A cross-platform real-time video and multimedia data format developed by Apple Computer.
- JPEG
- A graphics format capable of representing up to 16.7 million colors.
- Aspect ratio
- (height x width) Proportion of graphics.
- MPEG-3
- High Definition Television
- FPS
- The number of picture images displayed per second, giving digital video the illusion of motion.
- Digital/Digitalization/Digitized
- Process of converting video or audio signals, normally in waveform, into 1's and 0's.
- Dropped frame
- In digital video, when the computer cannot keep pace with the displayed images, it drops frames in an attempt to catch up.
- GIF
- A graphics file format originated by CompuServe, usable for web pages and some multimedia software.
- Frame
- A single picture in a computerized "movie".
- Bitmap
- Windows format for storing simple graphics. Can create bitmaps with Paint program.
- Dithering
- Blending colors to modify colors or produce new ones.
- MPEG-1
- "Postage stamp" resolution 352 x 240.
- AVI
- Windows format for saving video with sound.
- MPEG video
- A format for the compression of digitized videos and animations developed by the Moving Pictures Expert Group.