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Data and Telecommunications, terms, concepts and abbreviations.
(19 terms)
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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)
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.
(9 terms)
SMTP
A set of rules used to define how email should be sent and governing communication between mail servers to achieve this end.
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Photography terms and concepts, including digital and traditional photographic techniques.
(11 terms)
Barrel-distortion
A lens Aberration or defect that causes straight lines to bow outward, away from the center of the image.
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Web design termonology, concepts, and abbreviations.
(46 terms)
DHTML
The combined use of HTML/XHTML and JavaScript (usually along with the DOM and Cascading Style Sheets) to create a dynamic = interactive Web pages.
Drop down menus and roll-over links are the most common forms of DHTML found on web sites today. Technologies such as AJAX and/or JASON take this to the next level combining DHTML with XML and data transfer to create web pages (typically parts of web applications) that can be updated without refreshing the entire page. |