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- 12-bit image
- A digital image with twelve bits allocated for the storage of each pixel, meaning 4096 different colors are possible
- 16-bit image
- A digital image with sixteen bits allocated for the storage of each pixel, meaning 32,768 different colors are possible.
- 24-bit image
- A digital image with twenty-four bits allocated for the storage of each pixel, meaning 16,770,000 or 16.8 million colors are possible.
- 32-bit image
- A digital image with thirty-two bits allocated for the storage of each pixel, meaning about 4 billion colors are possible
- 8-bit image
- A digital image with eight bits allocated for the storage of each pixel, meaning 256 different colors are possible.
- ADSL
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- Algorithm
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- Analog
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- Archie
- An historical piece of software used for finding files stored on anonymous FTP sites
- Artificial Intelligence
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- ASCII
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- Author
- Used as a verb, the term “author†means to create or publish a script, program, project or document.
- Avatar
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- AVI
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- back end
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- BASIC
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- Beta
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- BIOS
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- Bitmap
- A Microsoft Windows image format.
- Blog
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- Bluetooth
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- Boolean logic
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- bot
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- broadband
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- Browser
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- Bus
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- byte
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- CAD
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- CCD
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- chat room
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- CMYK
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- Code
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- Codec
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- Cookie
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- crawler
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- cyberspace
- Cyberspace is a colloquial term for the imaginary place where online communication takes place
- Debug
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- Digital
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- Digital audio
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- Digital revolution
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- docking station
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- DV
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- e-zine
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- Fibre-optic cable
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- fluxus
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- frame rate
- When speaking of video or film recording, the number of frames (images) per second that are recorded (and then played back).
- Freeware
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- FTP
- File Transfer Protocol is the standard method for downloading and uploading files over the Internet.
- Fuzzy logic
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- geek-speak
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- Generative
- something that reproduces itself. A generative artwork keeps changing.
- ghost site
- A website that openly states that it is no longer maintained.
- GNOME
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- GNU
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- Gopher
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- GPS
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- GUI
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- hacker
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- Hactivist
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- HDTV
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- HDV
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- hub
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- Hyperlink
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- IEEE
- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers" (IEEE) is a non-profit organization that develops, defines, and reviews electronics and computer science standards.
- Interlaced
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- IP
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- IP address
- A unique numerical address assigned to a computer on a network. Computers using the Internet require an IP address.
- IRC
- Internet Relay Chat (IRC) refers to an area of the internet where real-time or live conversations take place using Internet Relay Chat software, channels and ASCII commands.
- ISP
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- Java
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- kernel
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- Keystroke
- A keystroke is when you type a character using a keyboard.
- LAN
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- Latency
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- LCD
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- Linux
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- Mainframe
- An ultra high-performance computer made for processor-intensive, high-volume computing.
- Mini Dv
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- Mirror
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- moblogging
- Mobile (phone) blogging [web logging]
- moblogs
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- Motherboard
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- motion capture
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- multi-user
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- MySQL
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- nanotechnology
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- Network
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- newbie
- Someone who is new to the internet or new to computers in general
- NODE
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- open source
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- OpenGL
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- operating system
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- packet
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- Palm Pilot
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- PC Card
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- peer-to-peer networking
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- peripheral
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- Perl
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- Phishing
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- Photonics
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- PHP
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- ping
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- pixel
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- pixel pusher
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- platform
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- Podcast
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- Podcasting
- Posting or transmitting an audio file to be downloaded and viewed/heard by other internet users either on a computer or MP3 player.
- POP
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- port
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- portable device
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- portable wireless data
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- portal
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- PPPoE
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- proprietary
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- protocol
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- quarantine
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- QuickTime
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- QuickTime VR
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- RAM
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- raster graphics
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- RAW footage
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- README
- A text file that contains the latest information about installation eg known bugs or incompatibilities
- real time chat
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- real-time
- The live or instant sending and receiving of information (sound, text or image)
- RealPlayer
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- reboot
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- remote computer
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- RFID
- Radio Frequency Identification Device
- RGB
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- rich media
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- router
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- RSS
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- rtf
- “Rich Text Format†is a format that can extend a text-based document.
- Ruby
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- Run
- To ‘run’ a program is to use or launch a program.
- satellite connection
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- screen res
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- serial port
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- Shareware
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- Shockwave
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- shortcut
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- SIG
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- skin
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- smart card
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- SMS
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- SMTP
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- social networking
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- sound card
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- source code
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- spam
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- Specifications
- Specifications describe the features of a product.
- Spider
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- SQL
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- Standalone
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- static IP
- An IP address that is the same every time you log on to the internet.
- sticky content
- Web site content that compels a user to frequently revisit.
- stream
- A technique of transferring data across a network which enables a user to see/hear an audio/visual file with minimum download time.
- string
- A series of alphanumeric characters or keywords such as those used in an online search.
- style sheets
- Used in some word processing programs this is a file or form that defines the typography and layout of a document.
- Syntax
- In the world of the personal computer the syntax is the set of rules which define the structure of computer demands.
- tag
- A tag is a code that describes an instruction in order for a web browser to interpret and display it.
- Tagging
- Tagging refers to the practice of attaching descriptive labels to a web site
- Tamagotchi
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- task bar
- On a machine using Windows this is the bar appearing at the bottom of the screen which lists time, date and currently running applications.
- TCP/IP
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- technobable
- High-tech terms used to give a false impression of authority.
- Telnet
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- thin client
- A small program or application that uses only a small amount of room on a user's hard drive and runs on a user's machine (a client) as opposed to a server.
- Thunderbird
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- tif
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- toggle
- Allows user to switch back and forth between two modes (eg Caps Lock).
- touch-screen
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- Trojan Horse
- A computer virus that has been disguised as a program in order to infiltrate your computer.
- TWAIN
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- tweak
- To modify something in order to improve the way it functions.
- Unix
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- Unzip
- Using a file compression program (eg WinZip) to decompress and open up a ZIP file.
- URL
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- user
- The individual who is using a computer/visiting a web site
- username
- The name you use to access a program, web site or network.
- vCard
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- vector graphics
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- velveeta
- To cross-post to an excessive number of newsgroups.
- VGA
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- video conferencing
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- viral
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- virtual
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- virtual reality
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- Virus
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- vlog
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- VOIP
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- VRAM
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- VRML
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- WAP
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- Wi-Fi
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- Wiki
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