Digital Media Cert IV

Calibration – Monitor / Printer- The aim of color calibration is to adjust the colours of one output device to match that of another. The device that is to be calibrated is commonly known as calibration source; the device that serves as a comparison standard is commonly known as calibration target. Both target and source can be a colour space such as Adobe RGB or CMYK, a test print, colour chart or material sample.

Desktop- In graphical computing, a desktop environment (DE, sometimes desktop manager) presents a graphical user interface (GUI) to the user. The name is derived from the desktop metaphor used by most of these interfaces, as opposed to the earlier, textual command line interfaces (CLI). A desktop environment typically provides icons, windows, toolbars, folders, wallpapers, and desktop widgets. In addition, a desktop environment may offer collaboration support like drag and drop and inter-process notification. On the whole, the purpose of a desktop environment is the consistent integration of a graphical user interface and its applications to the user with a consistent look and feel.

Default- default, in computer science, refers to a setting or value automatically assigned to a software application, computer program or device, outside of user intervention. Such settings are also called presets, especially for electronic devices. The Oxford English Dictionary dates this usage to the mid-1960s, as a variant of the older meaning of “failure in performance”.

DVD- “Digital Versatile Disc” or “Digital Video Disc is a popular optical disc storage media format. Its main uses are video and data storage. Most DVDs are of the same dimensions as compact discs (CDs) but store more than six times as much data.

Download- To download is to receive data from a remote or central system, such as a webserver, FTP server, mail server, or other similar systems. A download is any file that is offered for downloading or that has been downloaded. That is, “download” is used to mean “receive and save” instead of simply “receive”.

CATV lines- Cable television is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting (via radio waves) in which a television antenna is required. FM radio programming, high-speed Internet, telephony and similar non television services may also be provided.

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)- In web development, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in a markup language. Its most common application is to style web pages written in HTML and XHTML, but the language can be applied to any kind of XML document, including SVG and XUL. CSS is used to help readers of web pages to define colors, fonts, layout, and other aspects of document presentation. It is designed primarily to enable the separation of document content (written in HTML or a similar markup language) from document presentation (written in CSS).

Content Writer/editor- A person who either writes and or edits the content in publications, be it digital or printed. It is their job to ensure it is relevent and effective for their purpose.

CMYK (Cyan,Magenta,Yellow,Black)- CMYK (short for cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black),used in color printing, also used to describe the printing process itself. Though it varies by print house, press operator, press manufacturer and press run, ink is typically applied in the order of the acronym.

Computer Operating Systems- An operating system (OS) is the software that manages the resources of a computer and provides programmers with an interface used to access those resources. An operating system processes system data and user input, and responds by allocating and managing tasks and internal system resources as a service to users and programs of the system. An operating system performs basic tasks such as controlling and allocating memory, prioritizing system requests, controlling input and output devices, facilitating computer networking and managing files. Operating systems can be found on almost anything made with integrated circuts, such as personal computers, internet servers, cellphones, music players, routers, switches, wireless access points, network storage, game consoles, digital cameras, sewing machines and telescopes.

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Convergence- Technological convergence is the modern presence of a vast array of different types of technology to perform very similar tasks.

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CD- A Compact Disc (or CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. Standard CDs have a diameter of 120 mm and can hold up to 80 minutes of audio. There is also the Mini CD, with diameters ranging from 60 to 80 mm; they are sometimes used for CD singles, storing up to 24 minutes of audio

Codecs- A codec is a device or program capable of encoding and/or decoding a digital data stream or signal. The word codec may be a combination of any of the following: ‘compressor-decompressor’, ‘coder-decoder’, or ‘compression/decompression algorithm’

Blackberry- is a wireless handheld device introduced in 1999 which supports push e-mail, mobile telephone, text messaging, internet faxing, web browsing and other wireless information services. The original BlackBerry device had a monochrome display, but all current models have color displays.

Apple- formerly Apple Computer Inc., is an American multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing consumer electronics and closely related software products. Apple develops, sells, and supports a series of personal computers, portable media players, mobile phones, computer software, and computer hardware and hardware accessories.

Adobe Systems Incorporated- is an American computer software company that established the company after leaving Xerox PARC in order to develop and sell the PostScript page description language. Apple Computer licensed PostScript for use in its LaserWriter printers, which helped spark the desktop publishing revolution. 

Analogue-An analog computer (spelled analogue in British English) is a form of computer that uses continuous physical quantities such as electrical, mechanical or hydraulic phenomena to model the problem being solved.

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Blu-ray Disc- (also known as Blu-ray or BD) is an optical disc storage media format. Its main uses are high-definition video and data storage. The disc has the same dimensions as a standard DVD or CD.The name Blu-ray Disc is derived from the blue-violet laser used to read and write this type of disc. Because of its shorter wavelength (405 nm), substantially more data can be stored on a Blu-ray Disc than on the DVD format, which uses a red (650 nm) laser. A dual layer Blu-ray Disc can store 50 GB, almost six times the capacity of a dual layer DVD.

Bluetooth- is an industrial specification for wireless personal area networks (PANs). Bluetooth provides a way to connect and exchange information between devices such as mobile phones, laptops, personal computers, printers, digital cameras, and video game consoles over a secure, globally unlicensed short-range radio frequency. The Bluetooth specifications are developed and licensed by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group.

Animation-is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways.

Anime- Although the term refers to all animation in general the English usuage specifies that the word refers to the style that originated in Japan through the roots of Manga. Essentially it’s a cartoon.

ADSL- (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) is a technology for transmitting digital information at a high bandwidth on existing phone lines to homes and businesses. Unlike regular dialup phone service, ADSL provides continously-available, “always on” connection.

AOL-(formerly America Online, Inc.) is an American global Internet services and media company operated by Time Warner and headquartered in New York City, New York. It has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world, or set up international versions of its services.

AVI-Audio Video Interleave, known by its acronym AVI, is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as part of its Video for Windows technology. AVI files can contain both audio and video data in a standard container that allows synchronous audio-with-video playback. Like DVDs, AVI files support multiple streaming audio and video, although these features are seldom used. Most AVI files also use the file format extensions developed by the Matrox OpenDML group in February 1996. These files are supported by Microsoft and are unofficially called “AVI 2.0″.

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