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)
Blog
Blog is short for Weblog and referrs to a web page or pages that have short articles that are frequently updated.
Blogs are can be thought of as the equivalent of an online newspaper with no set publishing schedule that may be produced by amateurs and professionals alike. |
Computer Hardware parts, abbreviations and concepts.
(6 terms)
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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.
(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.
(11 terms)
DPI
A measure of image resolution - typical screen resolution is 72 dip whereas printing presse print at 300dpi.
When measuring the resolution of an image you need to know both the physical size and the resolution (in DPI) to acertain the actual amount of data. For example: An image that is 10 inches wide... at 72dpi would be 720 pixels wide at 300dpi would be 3000 pixels wide (roughly 3.5 times the resolution) |
Web design termonology, concepts, and abbreviations.
(46 terms)
PR
The Rank nominated by Google with their PageRank system. Google assigns a "popularity" rating to each page in their index on a scale of 1-10 so what they consider to be a good page might start around the 4-6 ranking mark an excellent page might be 7-10.
PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast Link structure as an indicator of an individual page´s value. In essence, Google interprets a Link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B... |
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