Multimedia Glossary.

Hello, my name is Khushi. I am a student at Montmorency College where I study in the program of integration multimedia. It is a CÉGEP, which are found in Quebec province of Canada. It is a post-secondary education system in which you can learn about a program before entering university. As a student, I have found some words that I people just joining in might find difficult to understand, so I am making this glossary to explain those terms hoping that it will come in handy.

audio

noun

Audio means sound, especially when it is recorded, transmitted, or reproduced electronically.

Example: Feedback Apart from the central display there will be an AUDIO feedback, with a positive sound for correct actions and a negative sound for incorrect actions (similar to those on Windows for example).

fr: audio

audio recording

noun

Audio recording is the process of capturing sound waves—such as human speech, music, or environmental noise—and saving them onto a storage medium or digital file, so they can be played back, edited, or shared.

Example: Audio recording is an important process when making a movie.

fr: enregistrement audio

camera

noun

A camera is a device used to take photographs, record video, or capture moving images.

Example: With the previous example of a person wearing a CAMERA for their entire life, would this images need to be erased or given to the company, if they included information such as employee salaries and contracts from personnel in Human resources or accounts information for personnel in the finance department.

fr: caméra

Ethernet

noun

Ethernet is a standard wired networking technology used to connect computers, routers, and switches within a local area network (LAN).

Example: Token Ring has made advances into larger bandwidths but not on the same scale as ETHERNET.

fr: Ethernet

graphics

noun

Graphics refer to visual images, designs, or physical and digital representations—such as drawings, charts, photographs, and computer-generated pictures—used to inform, illustrate, or entertain.

Example: These include elaborate GRAPHICS, fluorescent fibers, multitone pictures, watermarks, laminated metal strips and holographs on banknotes, personal identification numbers for bankcards, Internet security systems for credit card transactions, and passwords on computer systems and telephone bank accounts.

fr: graphique

hardware

noun

Hardware refers to the physical and tangible parts of a computer, tool, or mechanical system that you can actually see and touch.

Example: Open Source HARDWARE is computer HARDWARE designed and manufactured along the same guiding principles as Open Source Software.

fr: matériel durs

hyperlink

noun

A hyperlink is a clickable word, phrase, or image in a digital document or webpage that takes you to another location, website, or file.

Example: Account Management component On the main navigation bar on each page is a HYPERLINK to take the user to the 'Your Account' section of the website.

fr: hyperlien

internet

noun

The Internet is a giant, global network that connects billions of computers, phones, and other electronic devices together.

Example: The last scenario looks at the collapse of the INTERNET as the current trend shows the threat of spam, viruses causing the downfall of the INTERNET and the consequent impact to digital imaging sharing and sales of products.

fr: internet

local Area Network

noun

A Local Area Network (LAN) is a group of computers and other devices connected together in a small, single location like a home, office, or school.

Example: Actually, some external factors modify the thought which is the communication between the processes using a LOCAL AREA NETWORK (so, some physics factor could modify the data transfer time), the synchronization between the processes etc...

fr: réseau local

multimedia

noun

Multimedia means the combined use of more than one form of communication or media—such as text, audio, images, animation, and video—to share information or entertain an audience.

Example: As a result, a move of European Digital Library (EDL) was put forwarded and supported by people, including Mr Jacques Chirac, French president, who is already backing another Google rival in the form of Quaero - a MULTIMEDIA search engine.

fr: multimédia

music

noun

Music is the art of arranging sounds in time through elements like melody, harmony, rhythm, and tone color to express ideas and emotions.

Example: In the profitable market quadrant (Willcocks and Plant, 2001), Apple iTunes differentiate their service with other MUSIC providers by providing exclusive sound trucks and collections.

fr: musique

photography

noun

Photography is the art, science, and practice of creating durable images by recording light with a camera.

Example: Logos & Images The main FilmReel.com logo was produced from original PHOTOGRAPHY and art in Adobe Photoshop and features at the top of each page to maintain a strong iconographic presence.

fr: photographie

Photoshop

noun

Photoshop is a popular brand of digital image-editing software created by Adobe, and it is also used as a verb meaning to digitally alter a photo.

Example: Appropriate artwork was created from original designs using Adobe PHOTOSHOP.

fr: Photoshop

pixel

noun

A pixel is the smallest basic unit of a digital image or display screen.

Example: The location and colour value of this PIXEL was then stored in a zero based 3D array.

fr: pixels

portfolio

noun

A portfolio is a curated collection of physical items, creative works, financial assets, or professional responsibilities.

Example: These guidelines have been developed as a result of analyses of historical fraudulent behaviour in the PORTFOLIO.

fr: portfolio

software

noun

Software is a collection of instructions, data, and programs that tell a computer or digital device how to work and execute specific tasks.

Example: Evaluation: assess by observation whether SOFTWARE is installed and to specifications required.

fr: logiciel

studio

noun

A studio is a room or building used as a workplace for an artist, a place for recording media, a film company, or a small one-room apartment.

Example: The STUDIO works will lead to a cramming project.

fr: studio

video editing

noun

Video editing is the process of cutting, arranging, and combining raw digital video and audio footage to tell a cohesive story or create a finished visual piece.

Example: Video editing is one of the most crucial steps of the post-production process.

fr: montage vidéo

website

noun

A website is a collection of related web pages grouped under a single address and accessible over the internet.

Example: The Wal-Mart WEBSITE has focused on non-food items, which typically generates more profit than food does.

fr: site web

wide area network

noun

A wide area network (WAN) is large telecommunications network that connects computers and smaller networks across vast geographic distances, such as cities, countries, or the entire globe.

Example: Wide area networks are used to connect local area networks and other types of networks together so that users and computers in one location can communicate with users and computers in other locations.

fr: réseau étendu

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