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Data and Telecommunications, terms, concepts and abbreviations.
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Computer Hardware parts, abbreviations and concepts.
(6 terms)
Mother Board
1) The main Printed Circuit Board (PCB) of a computer - referred to as a Mother Board because other smaller PCB´s are sometimes attached to it - this are in turn referred to as daughter boards.
2) Any PCB that can accept daughter boards. |
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Graphic Design & prepress terms from desktop publishing to offset printing.
(14 terms)
JPEG
A compressed graphics format specifically designed for photographs. It´s name an acronym that stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group. It works by changing the images data from colours to frequencies (that represent detail) using a FFT and then discarding some of the high detail data - the resulting image is slightly blurry but this is barely noticable by the human eye and represents a significant saving of space.
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Linux/Unix Terms and Commands.
(9 terms)
URL
An address referring to a document on the Internet. This can be used to reference a web page via HTTP or a file to be accessed via FTP, for example. The reason for a URL (rather then just the address) is to define completely what a computer must do, and where it must go, to access a document (sometimes even on it´s local hard drive in the case of ´file:´)
The syntax of a URL consists of four elements: Protocol://address/path/document - here are a few examples: http://www.pawprint.net/in... |
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Photography terms and concepts, including digital and traditional photographic techniques.
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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)
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