Chapter 10 - Embedded Media Flashcards
embedded content
content that imports another resource into the document, or content from another vocabulary that is inserted into the document
<iframe>...</iframe>
a nested browsing window
inline frame (iframe)
lets you embed a separate HTML document or other web resource in a document
nested browsing context
a window in a window that displays the external resource
<object>...</object>
represents external resource
<param></param>
parameters of an object
plug-ins
software that gives a browser functionality that it doesn’t have natively
Application Programming Interface (API)
standardized set of commands, data names, properties, actions, and so on, that lets one software application communicate with another.
encoded
the algorithms used to convert the source to IS and OS and how they are compressed
codec
code/decode or compress/decompress
container format
a ZIP file that holds the compressed media and its metadata together in a package; usually compatible with more than one codec type
MPEG-4
MPEG-4 container + H.264 video codec + AAC audio codec with file suffix .mp4 or .m4v
WebM
WebM container +