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Lesson 5 Vocabulary
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ActiveX
An open set of technologies for integrating components on the Internet and within Microsoft
applications.
ActiveX,
An open set of technologies for integrating components on the Internet and within Microsoft
applications.
Applets
"Small programs written in Java, which are downloaded as needed and executed within a Web page
or browser."
AU,
, "Audio file format used by Unix servers, the majority of Web servers. Most Web browsers can
read AU."
Audio Interchange File Format
High-quality audio format developed by Apple Computer.
Audio Video Interleave
Standard Windows file format for video files
Cascading Style Sheets
Style sheet language that provides the formatting and look of a Web page or document written in
a markup language.
Codec
A compression/decompression algorithm used by modern video and audio player plug-ins.
Disk Cache
Storage space on a computer hard disk used to temporarily store download data.
Dynamic
Always changing.
Encapsulated PostScript,
File format used for importing and exporting graphics.
Event-Driven
Reacting to particular user actions or the browser's completion of a specific task.
Event-Driven
Reacting to particular user actions or the browser's completion of a specific task.
Event-Driven
Reacting to particular user actions or the browser's completion of a specific task.
Geolocation
An HTML5 application programming interface that allows developers to retrieve the
geographical location information for a client-side device
Graphics Interchange Format
A graphical image file format commonly used in HTML documents.
Interactive
The characteristics of some hardware and software, such as computers, games and multimedia
systems, that allows them to respond differently
Java
An object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems that is fully
cross-platform functional.
Joint Photographic Experts Group
A graphical image file format commonly used for photographs.
LiveScript
The Netscape-developed scripting language that was the predecessor to JavaScript.
Lossless Compression,
A type of data file compression in which all original data can be recovered when the file is
decompressed.
Lossy Compression,
A type of data file compression in which all original data can be recovered when the file is
permanently eliminated.
Moving Picture Experts Group
High-quality audio and video file compression format."
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
A standard computer interface for creating and playing electronic music computers to
re-create music in digital format for playback.
Objet
An element on a Web page that contains data and procedures for how that item will react when
activated. On a Web page, an object is typicall
Object-Oriented Programming
Programming concept based on object and data and how they relate to one another, instead of
logic and actions; C++ and Java are OOP language
Plug-In
A program installed in the browser to extend its basic functionality. Allows different file
formats to be viewed as part of a standard HTML
Portable Document Format
A file format that can be transferred across platforms and retain its formatting designated
by the file name extension.
Portable Network Graphics
An open source graphical image the file format created to replace GIFs.
QuickTime,
A plug-in developed by Apple computer for storing movie and audio files in digital format.
QuickTime Movie
Standard file format for Apple QuickTime; uses the .mov, .moov, or .qt file name extension."
Rich Text Fornat,
Portable text file format created by Microsoft that allows image insertion and text
formatting; an almost universal format."
Streaming Media,
A continuous flow of data, usually audio or video files, that assists with the uninterrupted
delivery of those files into a browser."
Tagged Image File Format,
commonly used graphic fule format developed by Aldus corporation. uses the .tif or .tiff file
name extension"
Vector Graphics
Resizable images that are saved as a sequence of vector statements of, which describes a
series of points to be connected
Viewer
A scaled-down version of an application; designed to view and print files
Visual Basic
The Microsoft graphical user interface (GUI) programming language used for developing
Windows applications. A modified version of the BASIC
Basic Visual Script
Scripting language from Microsoft derived from Visual Basic; used to manipulate ActiveX
scripts."
Waveform
A concept referring to the changing trends in the use of WWW technology and Web design that have
led to the development of information shari