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Digital media ch 8
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10/13/2006

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Cuniform
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1st recording of language in writing - mesopotamia
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Printing Press (w/ moveable letters)
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Johannes Gutenberg
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Telegraph
Definition
1837- Samuel Morse
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Telephone
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Alexander Graham Bell
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ARPANET
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1969, government funded, 4 computers connected in S.W. US
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Email Introduced
Definition
1971
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Domain Name System
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(DNS) 1980s, masks the IP address
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WWW. introduced....
Definition
1991, introduced at CERN, 1st to use hypertext
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Mosaic browser
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1993, 1st browser to be downloaded, becomes Netscape
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April, 30, 1995
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.com was born
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Twisted Pair
Definition
CAT 1, 5, 6 (Phone line)
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coaxial
Definition
cable
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Fiber optics
Definition
uses light rays to transmit data
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Satellite internet
Definition
Electromagnetic
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Bandwidth
Definition
Frequency range (The bigger the better) "Sewerpipe"
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Throughput
Definition
Amount of data per second
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100 Base-T Ethernet
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throughput 100Mbps
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Ethernet
Definition
foundation of most LANs, uses CAT 5 or 6 with RJ45
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Multimedia
Definition
Combination of text, sound, and graphics on one medium
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Interactivity
Definition
user can control tempo and outcome of a multimedia experience
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3 step of design
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Define project, Flowcharts and storyboards, Create the user Interface
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Bitmap graphics
Definition
based on photography, fixed at a particular resolution , TIFF, BMP, GIF, PNG
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Object Oriented graphics
Definition
based on computer, drawn using math formulas to represent images, aka Vector Graphics, EPS, CADD, and animation software
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JPEG Compression
Definition
most popular, causes distortion if you zoom in
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Anti-Aliasing
Definition
Smoothes out jagged edges of bitmapped images
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wav file
Definition
microsoft (Uncompressed)
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AIFF file
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Apple (uncompressed
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Compressed Microsoft Audio and Video
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ASF, WMA, WMV, AVI(requires codecs)
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Apple compressed audio and video
Definition
Quicktime
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Mpeg
Definition
compresses motion images and sound
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MP3
Definition
Mpeg1 layer-3 used for sound only
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MPEG2
Definition
used for high quality digital video (DVD)
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MPEG4
Definition
used for interactive multimedia
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aliasing
Definition
when a low resolution image is enlarged, has a staircase like appearance
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Authoring software
Definition
allows for sychronizing multimedia elements without knowing code
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One-off
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Test copy
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CD-DA
Definition
Red (audio)
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CD-ROM
Definition
Yellow (data disk)
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CD-Enhanced
Definition
Blue (Combination of Red and Yellow Books, Audio and CD-ROM)
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CD-I
Definition
Green (television based player) not on market anymore
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CD-R and CD-RW
Definition
Orange Book (CD-Rs are a WORM, Write Once, Read Many) very good for digital media
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Video CD
Definition
White book
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DVD-ROM
Definition
Book A (DVD version of the CD-ROM
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DVD-VIDEO
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Book B
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DVD-AUDIO
Definition
Book C (High resolution digital audio formats)
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DVD-R
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Book D (WORM format used to store data)
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DVD-RAM
Definition
Book E (re-recording data over existing data)
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DVD-RW
Definition
Book F (allows for recording over the disc 1,000 times)
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Polygon
Definition
flat, closed surface with 3 or more sides
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Lighting effort
Definition
added for depth (shading)
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Texturizing
Definition
For realism
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Image Maps
Definition
color and "look"
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Bump maps
Definition
2D, B&W illusion of depth
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Material maps
Definition
what material the 3D image is made out of :Reflective properties
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Rendering
Definition
Converts 3D model to 2D image
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six degrees of freedom
Definition
x,y,z,Pitch,Yaw,Roll
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X axis
Definition
horizon
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Y axis
Definition
up and down
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Z axis
Definition
to and fro
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Pitch
Definition
can rotate on X axis, like nodding yes
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Yaw
Definition
can rotate on Y axis, like nodding no
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Roll
Definition
rotate on the Z axis, "Roll over"
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The original standard for CD held how much
Definition
650 MB
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