| Term | Definition |
|---|
| DVD | an optical disk with a capacity of 4.7 Gb or more that can hold a full-length commercial movie |
| CD | an optical storage medium made of molded polymer for electronically recording, storing, and playing back audio, video, text, and other information in digital form can hold up to 700 mb |
| Animation | a simulation of movement or the perception of motion created by the rapid display of a series of still images |
| Drawing Program | program used to create vector graphics |
| DVD authoring software | software that is aimed primarily at converting videos into movie DVDs, complete with titles and menus, that can be played on a DVD player |
| Firewire | high-speed serial technology for connecting peripherals to a computer; particularly popular for multimedia peripherals such as digital video camcorders and other high-speed devices like hard disk drives and printers |
| Flash drive | a plug-and-play portable storage device that uses flash memory and is lightweight enough to attach to a key chain |
| flash memory | sometimes called "flash ram"; is solid-state memory that can be erased and reprogrammed |
| Gigabyte | unit of storage measuring roughly one billion bytes |
| Image editing software | software designed to edit, manipulate or modify digital photographs |
| Kiosk | a free-standing computer-based system that allows transactions, such as airline self-ticketing systems, or provides information, such as those systems found in shopping malls |
| Magnetic Storage | storage device that encodes data as microscopic magnetized needles on the disk's surface |
| Media Player | a program that allows you to play audio, video, and mixed-media files |
| Megabyte | a unit of storage measuring roughly one million bytes |
| Memory Card | a small removable storage medium used to store data in digital input devices such as cameras and audio recorders; some versions are called memory sticks |
| Optical Storage | storage device that records data by burning microscopic holes in the surface of the disk with a laser |
| Painting Software | programs used to create bitmap images; useful in creating original art because they provide the tools used by artists |
| Playback system | a computer that is configured to play multimedia projects, as contrasted with a development system used to create multimedia projects |
| Plug-in | a usually small piece of software that adds features to or enhances a larger piece of software |
| Podcasting software | an audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player or computer |
| Presentation Software | programs used to create graphic presentations with visual aids, handouts, slides, etc; or for creating text with graphics, audio, and/or video |
| Recording software | programs designed to record audio files |
| RGB (red,green, blue) | the color model used to display color on computer monitors, televisions, and similar devices |
| Resolution | the quality or sharpness of an image, usually measured in pixels per inch; the more pixels, the higher the resolution |
| Sound Editing Software | software used to edit and manipulate audio files |
| Terabyte | a unit of storage measuring roughly one trillion bytes |
| Video capturing device | an expansion device (internal or external) that digitizes full-motion video from a VCR, camera, or other video source |
| Video editing software | program used to capture, edit and manipulate video images, add effects, titles, music to create studio-quality video |
| web design software | programs used to design and create single web pages or entire web sites |
| Copyright laws | laws designed to protect intellectual property rights |
| Fair Use | a section of the US copyright law that allows the use of copyrighted works in reporting news, conducting research, and teaching |
| Graphics | multimedia elements such as a drawing, photo, or piece of clip art |
| Interactive | feature of a multimedia project that allows the user to control some aspects of the presentation |
| Multimedia | a computer-based communication process that incorporates text, graphics, sound, animation, and video |
| Multimedia Careers | careers that incorporate multiple elements of multimedia, such as game design, music and video production, animation, web design, etc |
| Public Domain | property rights that belong to the community at large, are unprotected by copyright or patent, and are subject to use by anyone |
| Royalty free | prepared material that can be used, legally, without paying a fee to the artist, publishing company, etc. |
| Shareware | software distributed on the basis of an honor system |
| Sound | a multimedia element such as a narration, music, or other sound clip |
| Text | a multimedia element consisting of alphanumeric characters |
| Video | a series of framed images put together, one after another, to simulate motion and interactivity |
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