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Multimedia And Digital Media

Subject : it-skills
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1. Technique used in graphics software to place digital images or effects on top of each other to build up a final image.






2. Lossy file format for video.






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






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






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






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






7. Lossy file format for audio.






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






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






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






11. Lossless file format for audio.






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






13. Standard file format for vector image data.






14. Lossy file format for video.






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






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






17. Lossless file format for images.






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






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






20. Lossless file format for audio.






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






22. Graphics composed of rectangular grids of pixels.






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






24. File format for documents - used by Microsoft Office.






25. Taking a small part (subset) of an image.






26. Compressed file format for general data.






27. File format for documents - used by LibreOffice.






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






29. Graphics composed of rectangular grids of pixels.






30. Lossy file format for video.






31. Video or audio data that is played while it is downloading.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Area of a document which appears the same on every page.






41. Area of a document which appears the same on every page.






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






43. Lossy file format for audio.






44. Lossy file format for images.






45. Number of samples taken each second when recording sound.






46. 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.






47. Lossless file format for images.






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






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






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