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* Davenport Test 1
Ch. 1
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Communication
Undergraduate 3
10/04/2009

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Term
Multimedia
Definition
a combo of digitally manipulated text, pictures, graphic art, sound, animation, and video elements.
Term
Hypermedia
Definition
when you provide linked elements so the user can navigate interactive multimedia
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Multimedia Project
Definition
the software, the message, the content and the medium it is presented through (TV,PC, etc)
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Multimedia Title
Definition
projects that are to be shipped or delivered on the internet to consumers.
Term
HTML stands for
Definition
Hypertext Mark Up Language
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DHTML
Definition
Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language
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XML
Definition
eXtensible Markup Language
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A multimedia project is linear when:
Definition
you can just sit back and watch without havign to interact with the project. (ex. watching a slideshow)
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Nonlinear Multimedia-
Definition
User has navigational control and can wander through content as they want to.
Term
authoring tools
Definition
tools within software that are designed to manage individual multimedia elements and provide user interaction.
Davenport-(dreamweaver, etc.)- it helps you write code (author it)
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integrated multimedia
Definition
where documents such as montages and video cuts and music merge into a final presentation.
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Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Definition
the sum of what gets played back and how it is presented to the viewer on the monitor. It provides the rules or structure for the user's input
Davenport: interface- any media that allows a user to interact with something else. graphical user interface- allows you to do it through graphics instead of typing.
Term
bandwidth
Definition
speed of data transfer, the greater it is, the more info you recieve and the quicker
how much info you can fit through a cable at one time
dial-up vs. DSL vs. Comcast- comcast = higher bandwidth (systems that can push through large amounts of info at one time.)
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bandwidth
Definition
speed of data transfer, the greater it is, the more info you recieve and the quicker
Term
CD-ROM
Definition
ROM=read only memory
can contain up to 80 minutes of video, sound, images, and animations.
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DVD
Definition
Digital Versatile Disc (can hold up to 18GB of storage)
Term
Glass fiber cables that makeup the backbone of the data highway are gerenarlly owned by which companies?
Definition
The railroad and pipeline companies
Term
Multimedia retention rates
Definition
20% - for audio
30%- for audio-visual
60%- for interactive presentations
Term
WAN and LAN stand for:
Definition
Wide area network
Local Area Network
Term
WAN and LAN stand for:
Definition
Wide area network
Local Area Network
Term
ITV
Definition
Interactive Television
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Virtual Reality
Definition
is an extension of multimedia. it uses basic elements of multimedia- imagery, sound, and animation. VR maybe an example of multimedia at its fullest bcause of VR requires instrumented feedback from the person using it.
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Multimedia pojects
Definition
require lots of memory so they are usually stored on cd's of dvd's. IT can be stored online such as webpages and can include rich media created by various tools using plug-ins.
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Web sites with rich media require large amounts of:
Definition
bandwidth
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What are multimedia projects called when they are published?
Definition
Multimedia Titles
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PDA stands for
Definition
Personal Digital Assistant
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platform
Definition
macintosh OS
Window OS
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