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Multimedia And Digital Media

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What You See Is What You Get. Refers to programs that present their output onscreen exactly as it will appear when printed.






2. 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.






3. Lossless file format for images.






4. Individual dots which make up bitmap graphics.






5. General name for operations performed on an image using graphics software.






6. Lossy file format for video.






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






8. Legal concept which protects intellectual property from authorised copying - alteration - or use.






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






10. Lossy file format for audio.






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






12. The proficient use of fonts - font sizes - and font properties such as leading and kerning to display text in an appropriate manner.






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






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






15. Image which was created from several separate images.






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






17. The process of adding an author name or logo into an image to identify its owner and prevent intellectual property theft.






18. General name for operations performed on an image using graphics software.






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






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






21. Lossy file format for audio.






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






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






24. Software used to create or edit bitmap graphics.






25. Lossless file format for audio.






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






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






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






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






30. Refers to the number of colours in an image.






31. Refers to the number of colours in an image.






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






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






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






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






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






37. Animated characters used in films - created entirely using computer graphics software.






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






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






40. Refers to creations of the mind - non-physical property such as photographs - music - stories - and films.






41. Compressed file format for general data.






42. Lossy file format for video.






43. Tools in graphics software for selecting only a subset of an image.






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






45. Graphics composed of rectangular grids of pixels.






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






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






48. Graphics created entirely on a computer - using 2D or 3D graphics software.






49. Lossless file format for images.






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