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)
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Computer Hardware parts, abbreviations and concepts.
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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)
Aberration
An optical defect in a lens causing it to form an image that is not sharp or that is distorted in some way.
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Linux/Unix Terms and Commands.
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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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Depth-of-field
The area of sharpness in a picture, extending in front of and behind the plane of the subject, that is most precisely focused by the lens.
You can control depth of field by varying three factors: 1) the size of the aperture 2) the distance of the camera from the subject 3) the focal length of the lens. If you decrease the size of the Aperture, the depth of field increases; if you focus on a distant subject, depth of field will be greater than if you focus on a near subject; and if you... |
Web design termonology, concepts, and abbreviations.
(46 terms)
Spider
The name given to automated harevsting program that scans web sites, searching for and feeding back links and information to search engines. This technique is also employed by Press Agencies to discover who is writing about their clients.
The "Spider" anaology comes from the fact that a Spider crawls on a web (the web in this case being the www ) |
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