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Data and Telecommunications, terms, concepts and abbreviations.
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Blog
Blog is short for Weblog and referrs to a web page or pages that have short articles that are frequently updated.
Blogs are can be thought of as the equivalent of an online newspaper with no set publishing schedule that may be produced by amateurs and professionals alike. |
Computer Hardware parts, abbreviations and concepts.
(6 terms)
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Graphic Design & prepress terms from desktop publishing to offset printing.
(14 terms)
Printer Control Language
Abbreviation of Printer Control Language, the Page Description Language (PDL) developed by Hewlett Packard and used in many of their laser and ink-jet printers. PCL 5 and later versions support a scalable font technology called Intellifont.
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Linux/Unix Terms and Commands.
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Locate the binary, source, and manual page files for specified commands/files. The supplied filenames are first stripped of leading pathname components and any (single) trailing extension of the form .ext (for example, .c). Prefixes of s. resulting from use of source code control are also dealt with. where then attempts to locate the desired program in a list of standard Linux directories (e.g., /bin, /etc, /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin/, etc.).
Options -b Search only for binaries. -f Termin... |
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Photography terms and concepts, including digital and traditional photographic techniques.
(11 terms)
Bracketing
Making several exposures, using different settings (initially this was restricted to exposure but with digital photography can also include white balance and quality). Bracketing allows for error and permits selection of the best exposure after development.
Most professional photographers will always bracket photos where you only have one chance to capture the moment - weddings for example. |
Web design termonology, concepts, and abbreviations.
(46 terms)
Data Warehouse
An organised collection of data stored in a central location. Information should be structured by subject to allow access by business area. Data Warehouse software often includes sophisticated compression and hashing technique
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