a vector image format created in the Adobe Illustrator
What is Adobe Illustrator (AI)
100
a device that controls the quantity of light that passes through the lens
What is Aperture
100
an image composed of pixels with a fixed resolution
What is Bitmap
100
an uncompressed bitmap file format that is very large and is not appropriate for the web
What is Bitmap (.bmp)
100
wireless technology to transfer data
What is Bluetooth
200
the measure of relative lightness or darkness of a color (measured as a percentage from 0% [black] to 100% [white])
What is brightness
200
a CD or DVD writer; can be internal or external
What is Burner
200
input device that reads memory cards
What is Card Readers
200
framing technique that captures the head and shoulders of the subject
What is Close Up
200
use of web services to perform functions that were traditionally performed with software on an individual computer, i.e. Flicker, Picasa, Google Docs, Picnik
What is Cloud Computing
300
one of two or more vertical sections of typed lines lying side by side on a page and separated by a rule or a blank space
What is Columns
300
an optical storage medium made of molded polymer for electronically recording, storing, an playing back audio, video, text, and other information in digital form; also CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW
What is Compact Disk (CD)
300
encoding data to take up less storage space and less bandwidth for transmission
What is Compression
300
an optical disk with a capacity of 47 Gb or more that can hold a full-length commercial movie; also DVD-ROM, DVD-D+\-R, DVD+\-RW, Blu ray
What is Digital Video Disk (DVD)
300
zoom takes a portion of the image and enlarges it electronically; the image quality is reduced since digital zoom enlarges the same set of pixels without adding detail
What is Digital Zoom
400
program used to create vector graphics; provides for freehand as well as geometric shapes
What is Drawing Software
400
a framing technique that cuts off top of head and chin of subject
What is Extreme Close Up
400
special formatting style that blurs the edge of an image
What is Feathering
400
a device used in photography producing a flash of artificial light
What is Flash
400
a plug-and-play portable storage device that uses flash memory and is lightweight enough to attach to a key chain; also known as a pen drive, keychain drive, thumb drive, jump drive
What is Flash drive
500
sometimes called "flash ram"; is solid-state memory that can be erased and reprogrammed; gets its name because the microchip is organized so that a section of memory cells are erased in a single action or "flash"
What is Flash Memory
500
repetitive text that appears at the bottom of the pages in a publication
What is Footers
500
a unit of storage measuring roughly one billion bytes
What is Gigabyte
500
compressed bitmap file format (lossless) that supports only 256 colors and is appropriate for the web; supports transparency and animation
What is Graphics Interchange format (.gif)
500
identifying text that appears at the top of pages in a publication