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.
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B8ZS
A coding technique that transmits T1 data at 1.536Mbps by inserting the pattern 00011011, with BPV´s in the fourth and seventh positions, wherever ones density requirements are not met by the unmodified data. It requires the CSU to not remove bipolar violations, and works only where the phone company equipment can tolerate it. This allows 64Kbps channels on a T1 (for example) rather then the base 56Kbps.
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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.
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PostScript
A Page Description Language (PDL) developed by Adobe Systems. PostScript is primarily a language for printing documents on laser printers, but it can be adapted to produce images on other types of devices. PostScript is the standard for desktop publishing because it is supported by imagesetters, the very high-resolution printers used by service bureaus to produce camera-ready copy.
PostScript is an object-oriented language, meaning that it treats images, including fonts, as collections of ge... |
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)
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)
www
An all encompassing term that referrs to the entire collection of publically viewable pages (or nodes) existing on the Internet accessable via HTTP
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