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Multimedia And Digital Media

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Graphics which are stored as a series of mathematical shapes and properties that can be independently manipulated at any time.






2. Lossy file format for video.






3. Acknowledge to a piece of work used as a source.






4. File format for documents - which can store text and some basic formatting information.






5. Lossy file format for images.






6. Reduction in the amount of data used to store a file.






7. A system used to capture human movement into a computer by attaching sensors to an actor and tracking their location.






8. Lossless file format for audio.






9. Software required to view certain compressed video and audio formats.






10. Technique used in graphics software to place digital images or effects on top of each other to build up a final image.






11. Software which restricts the actions a user can perform with a file - such as copying or printing.






12. Musical Instrument Digital Interface. System for communication between musical hardware and software applications.






13. Compression technique in which some file data is sacrificed in order to reduce file size.






14. Image effect found in most graphics software.






15. Lossless file format for images.






16. Refers to the number of pixels in an image.






17. Lossy file format for audio.






18. Technical graphics software used to design products for manufacture.






19. File format that stores characters using ASCII or Unicode encoding.






20. Licensing system for authors who wish to distribute their work freely.






21. Lossless file format for images.






22. Common file format for the exchange of documents - which appears on screen exactly as it will appear on the printer.






23. Software used for laying out text and images on pages. Commonly used for books - magazines - and brochures.






24. A page which is used to include standard features (such as page numbers or a header) on each page of a document in a consistent manner.






25. Graphics technique which copies one part of an image to another - often to remove something from the image.






26. Also known as printer resolution. The number of dots of colour a printer is capable of producing in a certain amount of space.






27. Graphics which are stored as a series of mathematical shapes and properties that can be independently manipulated at any time.






28. Technique used to replace part of a video image matching a certain colour with computer graphics.






29. The process of converting analog data into digital computer data.






30. Lossy file format for video.






31. Technical graphics software used to design products for manufacture.






32. File format that stores characters using ASCII or Unicode encoding.






33. Licensing system for authors who wish to distribute their work freely.






34. Compressed file format for general data.






35. Exceptions to copyright law that allow copying in certain limited circumstances.






36. A template page which is used to include standard features (such as page numbers or a header) on each page of a document in a consistent manner.






37. Used as part of colour synchronisation to specify how a device represents colour.






38. Temporary storage area used to store video or audio data ready for playing.






39. Lossy file format for video.






40. Standard file format for vector image data.






41. Lossless file format for audio.






42. Unit used to measure the resolution of digital cameras. Refers to 1 million pixels.






43. Ensuring printed output colours accurately match those on the screen.






44. Lossy file format for video.






45. Technique used to replace part of a video image matching a certain colour with computer graphics.






46. Changing the size of an image.






47. Tools to control placement of objects in presentation or DTP software.






48. Graphics filtering for altering the tones and intensities of colours in an image.






49. Compression technique in which the original file is completely recoverable - with no loss of quality. Compare lossy compression.






50. Effect that transforms one image into another over a series of frames.