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| points to an Internet webpage located on another web server |
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| Advantages of Gif file format** # - |
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| invtented (patented) to minimize file size - supports 257 colors - best chosen for - large areas of flat color - non-photographic images - transparency ability - work on file to make it blend into background of image - can be animated |
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| Advantages of Jpeg file format** # |
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| - designed for digitized color photographs - supports millions of colors - stores the image using a lossy format, which means that when the image file is saved it is compressed, which means that some of the image sharpness and color is lost |
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| Advantages of Png file format** # |
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| - patent-free compression alternative to a GIF and compresses more effectively than GIF - is partial supported by current browsers but not older browsers - encouraged by W3C to use them |
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| is used to designate the amount of spacing between cells |
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| Client server software – Ch 9 # |
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| enables computers to speak with each other and pass files back and forth |
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| digital video and audio compression schemes that code and compress data for delivery and then decode it for playback - the algorithm used to compress (code) a video for delivery and then decode it in real-time for fast playback |
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| td colspan= "2" /td indicates that two cells have been merged together in a row |
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| agent programs that run in the background waiting to act on requests from the outside - dedicated software known as ___ of Unix and Linux servers |
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| Data packets and TCP – Ch 12 # |
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| - when a stream of data is sent over the internet, it is first broken down into packets by the Tranmission control protocol - each packet includes the address of the receiving computer, a sequence number, error correction information, and a small piece of your data - after the packet is craeted the internet protocol (IP) takes over and sends the packet to its destination *rules for sending data to and receiving data from the internet (TCP/IP) |
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| Document Relative Link** # |
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| - link that points from a current document to another document within the same directory (meaning the same web account and folders) - this means that if both the referring web page and the destination web page are located in the same directory, only the web page filename is used - possible because browsers look within the current directory first to locate a web page |
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| interleaving the audio and video segments of a video clip together in a data file - you interleave the audio and video segments together |
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| one in a sequence of bitmapped graphic scenes/images - made up of two field that are interlaced (ch 8) |
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| in a message-passing programming language, code that tells the application what to do when an event occurs - based on a even like amouse clip or when a button is pressed Ex: to handle button up go to next page end button up |
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| process of building a single video frame from two fields to help prevent flicker; process of displaying a GIF image, line by line - technique used to build a single frame from the 2 fields |
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| -blending audio data with video and other data so that sound remains synchronized |
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| compression method that doesn't lose data or quality -preserve the original data precisely |
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| compression method that loses image, audio, or video quality in favor of reducing file size -ignore picture information that the viewer may not miss - that information is lost even after decompression |
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| specifying the look and presentation of a web page by adding tags to a document -the marking up can happen with the help of a web editor such as Dreamweaver or an individual needs to add the tags to get the desired results |
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| -special type of link that usually points to a location within the referring web page - often used on a web page which contains more information than will fit into one window -used to allow the user of your web page to move from one location on a web page to another location - two steps to create 1. create an anchor which is a named entity point on HTML page 2. create link that refers to a named anchor - refers to special location within referring web page |
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collection of computers connected together - is a cluster of computers with one computer acting as a server to provide network servies such as file transfer, email, document printing to the client computers of that network |
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| broadcast of an image larger than will fit on a standard TV screen so that the "edge" of the image seen by a viewer is always bounded by the TV'S physical frame, or bezel |
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| random access memory; main memory chips in a computer that lose memory when power is lost |
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| td rowspan= "2" /td indicates that cells have been merged together in a column |
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| system for adding peripheral devices to a computer -the Small Computer Systems interface was built into all models of the Macintosh -______ cards could also be installed in PCs and external devices could be connected to the installed card - not all PC _______ card and software drivers recongize Mac-formatted removable media -the Mac will usually recognize PC formatted devices - _________ connections may connect both internal devices and external devices |
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| Site root-relative link # |
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| points from a referring web page -located in one directory to another web page located within the same web site but in another directory |
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| graphic objects in a multimedia authoring system, often animated |
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-four components of an URL that should be present for most URL's - type of protocol - name of web server or domain - name of directory (folder) located on the web server - name of file located in the directory on the web server |
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