PawPrint.net Glossary of Terms
This dictionary of web design, photography, computer and graphic design terms has been compiled from many sources and is constantly being augmented and undergoing revisions to try and capture as much of the lingo and technical vocabulary as possible.
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Data and Telecommunications, terms, concepts and abbreviations.
(19 terms)
T1
CLFI name for a Digital Signal 1 (DS1) a transmission line with bandwidth sufficient to carry 24 DS0 (64 or 56 Kbps depending on coding) channels.
Because of overhead a T1 being delivered by a provider for data communications usually provides 1.344Mbps of bandwidth, whereas the T1 consumes 1.544Mbps of bandwidth. With B8ZS coding the T1 can provide 1.536MBps of bandwidth (this has become common in modern networks) The T1 was frequently thought of as the basic building block in Telecommunic... |
Computer Hardware parts, abbreviations and concepts.
(6 terms)
SDRAM
A generic name for various kinds of dynamic random access memory: DRAM that are synchronized with the clock speed that the microprocessor is optimized for. This tends to increase the number of instructions that the processor can perform in a given time. The speed of SDRAM is rated in MHz rather than in nanoseconds (ns). This makes it easier to compare the bus speed and the RAM chip speed. You can convert the RAM clock speed to nanoseconds by dividing the chip speed into 1 billion ns (which is on...
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Graphic Design & prepress terms from desktop publishing to offset printing.
(14 terms)
PNG
An extensible file format for the lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of raster images. PNG provides a patent-free replacement for GIF and can also replace many common uses of TIFF. Indexed-color, grayscale, and truecolor images are supported, plus an optional alpha channel for transparency. Sample depths range from 1 to 16 bits per component (up to 48bit images for RGB, or 64bit for RGBA).
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Linux/Unix Terms and Commands.
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ln
ln [options] sourcename [destname]
ln [options] sourcenames destdirectory Create pseudonyms (links) for files, allowing them to be accessed by different names. In the first form, Link sourcename to destname, where destname is usually a new filename, or (by default) the current directory. If destname is an existing file, it is overwritten; if destname is an existing directory, a Link named sourcename is created in that directory. In the second form, create links in destdirectory, each l... |
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Photography terms and concepts, including digital and traditional photographic techniques.
(11 terms)
Wide Angle Lens
A lens with a short focal length that takes in a wide view of the subject. In the 35mm format, lenses with a focal length of 35mm or shorter are generally considered wide-angle lenses.
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Web design termonology, concepts, and abbreviations.
(46 terms)
RDF
A universal format for data on the Web. Using a simple relational model, it allows structured and semi-structured data to be mixed, exported and shared accross different applications. RDF data describe all sorts of things, and where XML schemas just describe documents, RDF and OWL schemas ("ontologies") talk about the actual things. This gives greater re-use. where XML provides interoperability within one application (e.g. bank statements) using a given schema, RDF provdies interoperab...
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