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Multimedia And Digital Media

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Compressed file format for general data.






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






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






4. What You See Is What You Get. Refers to programs that present their output onscreen exactly as it will appear when printed.






5. Lossy file format for video.






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






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






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






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






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






11. Lossy file format for video.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Lossy file format for audio.






22. Lossless file format for images.






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






24. Lossless file format for audio.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Graphics composed of rectangular grids of pixels.






33. Lossless file format for audio.






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






35. Lossless file format for images.






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






37. Lossy file format for audio.






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






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






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






41. Image effect found in most graphics software.






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






43. Lossy file format for video.






44. Lossy file format for audio.






45. Standard file format for vector image data.






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






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






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






49. Image which was created from several separate images.






50. Graphics composed of rectangular grids of pixels.