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Multimedia And Digital Media

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Software which restricts the actions a user can perform with a file - such as copying or printing.






2. File format for documents - used by LibreOffice.






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






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






5. Lossy file format for video.






6. Lossy file format for video.






7. Number of pixels displayed in each inch of screen output.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Lossy file format for audio.






15. Graphics composed of rectangular grids of pixels.






16. Lossless file format for audio.






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Image effect found in most graphics software.






24. Lossless file format for audio.






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






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






27. Amount of data used to represent a single sample in a video or audio file.






28. Lossless file format for audio.






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






30. Changing the size of an image.






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






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






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






34. Lossy file format for video.






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






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






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






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






39. Lossy file format for video.






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






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






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






43. Image effect found in most graphics software.






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






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






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






47. Standard file format for vector image data.






48. Lossy file format for audio.






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






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