Lecture 1 - Multimedia and Graphics Flashcards

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EPS/EPSF

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Encapsulated Postscript - vector

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JPG/JPEG/JPE

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Joint Photographic Experts Group - bitmapped

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CDR

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CorelDraw - metafile, bitmapped, and/or vector-based file created by Microsoft

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DWG

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Autocad - vector

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5
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TIF/TIFF

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Tagged Image File Formats

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GIF

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Graphics Interchange Format - bitmapped

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BMP

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Windows Bitmap - vector

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PIC

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PC Paint - bitmapped format that contains diff image sizes for each photograph

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PCD

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Photo CD - vector graphics format used with CAD and drawing programs

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PSD

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Photoshop - bitmapped, creates a very compat file easy to transmit across networks

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WMF

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Windows Metafile

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12
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Uptime

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how long a server stays up

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13
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Panther

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name of computer “server” that hosts uwo website

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FTP

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file transfer protocol ex. filezilla, WinSCP; some file transfer programs do not connect to all servers

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15
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Shell client

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can type in commands by hand - but it’s in Unix (S-FTP using secure shell)

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16
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File transfer client

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allows us to transfer files to panther

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17
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Horseshoe

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checkmarks shaped in an upside down “u”

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18
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Artifacts

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noise/specs around the image

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19
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Lossless compression

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no data discarded during compression, quality kept

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20
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Lossy compression

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data is discarded each time file compressed ; quality degrades

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21
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Interlacing technique

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how images downloaded to your screen (applies to gif files); process by which image is drawn in a series of passes rather than all at the same time (see full image, gets clearer as downloads)

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22
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interpolation

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when bitmapped images are enlarged (resampled) and the computer adds new pixels, guessing on the colour to colour the new pixels based on surrounding pixels

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23
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Internet

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a collection of local, regional, national and international comptuer networks that are linked together to exchange data and distribute processing tasks

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24
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host

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a computer on the internet that provides services such as web pages, emails, web storage

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ISP

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internet service provider ex. Western, Bell, Rogers, Costco; company that maintans an internet host computer providing internet access and USER ACCOUNT for accessing INTERNET, EMAIL, AND WEBSPACE to host website

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26
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IP Address

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Internet Protocol that uniquely identifies each computer/device connected to the internet

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27
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dotted-quad

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most popular way of denoting ip addresses (ex. 192.102.249.3) ; each quad must be between 0-255

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28
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domain name

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the text name corresponding to the numeric IP address of a computer on the internet; 2 parts - identifies the NETWORK and the specific COMPUTER

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29
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URL

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Uniform Resource Locator - an address of a web document on a computer

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Subdomain

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a domain that is part of a larger domain, two or more parts (labels) separated by “.” ex. en.wikipedia.org –> domain = wikipedia, subdomain = en

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TLD

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top-level domain; identifies the type of organization that is associated with the domain

32
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POP, IMAP, SMTP

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protocol for email

33
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VoIP

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protocol for video messaging like skype

34
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Circuit Switching

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go from route a to b to c

35
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packet

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a small group of bytes consisting of a header (tells where it is going; destination, and where it came from: source. and the body) Often 64 bytes for header and 512 bytes for body.

36
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protocol

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rules for the format and transmission of data

37
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subject directory

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a program that enables the user to search internet sites

38
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meta search engine/metacrawler

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internet search engine which searches other search engines

39
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PageRank algorithm

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how many links there are to a web page from other pages, and QUALITY of the linking sites

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Keyword Prominence

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keywords found near the top of the page make the page more relevant and thus give those pages a higher ranking

41
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Cel-based

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Celluloid; clear sheet material on which images were drawn by movie animators (2d animation)–> object changes from frame to frame

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Tweening

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fills in intervening frames

43
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frame rate

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speed of the animation

44
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3d rendering

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gives objects attributes - colour, amounts of transparency, surface

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ray tracing

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technique of adding light and shadows to a 3d image

46
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streaming animation

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when the gif document is viewed, the multiple images display quickly and in succession, producing this

47
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multi-block GIFS

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a series (blocks_ or still GIF images within ONE single GIF file (what animated gifs are formally called)

48
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onion skinning

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3d computer graphics term for a technique used in creating animated cartoons and editing movies to see several frames at once

49
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flash professional cs3

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multimedia authoring and playback system launched in 1996; most popular for its animated graphics

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Sampling process (motion)

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each frame is sampled into discrete samples and each sample becomes a pixel

51
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Quantization process (motion)

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Each pixel gets assigned a colour, maybe just 2 colours (b&w) –> (1 bit colour) or maybe 16 million colour (24 bit)

52
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analog video

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smooth electronic waves (ex. conventional TV)

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digital video

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converts into digital media (0s and 1s) - benefit of delivering on internet

54
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YUV

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common video model; Y = luminance (brightness)and UV (CbCr) = chrominance (color/hue)

55
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retina displays

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have a pixel density high enough so that your eyes can’t detect pixels at a normal viewing distance

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data rate/bit rate

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amount of video processed per second

57
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codec

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a piece of code that compresses video or audio as it is created (exported from the editing software) and then when displaying it to the user, decompreses the video/audio (ex. H.264)

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temporal compression

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just save info on selected keyframes, all other frames save differences from previous keyframe

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spatial compression

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compress each frame individually, uses the sa me techniques as JPG compression

60
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container file format

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a file format that stores both the data (frames) AND how to play the data(which codec) ex. .avi, .mp4

61
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firewire

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a means by which info can be sent from the camcorder directly to the computer - digital video footage requires 13 GB of storage/hr of video

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bandwidth

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how much data can be pushed across a connection (the capacity) in a given amount of time

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unicast

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each user gets his/her own stream of video, the server has to send out A LOT of data if several users are watching at once

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multicast

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send the same stream to many users but then they lose the ability to pause, rewind, etc.

65
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Analog-to-digital converter (ADC)

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captures a snapshot of the electric voltage on an audio line and represents it as a digital number that can be sent to a computer

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samplfe rate

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of samples we take per second of audio or number of times per second the waveform is measured

67
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hiss reduction

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reducing noise within a given frequency range

68
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Digital Milennium Copyright Agency (DMCA)

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The legislation that gives us the ability to protect our work, has flaws but it is the means by which we can respond to infringement

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rotoscoping

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an animation technique in which the artist sketches over live-action video to create a drawn version of the actual footage

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color/chroma subsampling

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a ratio of each component’s frequency within a small grid of the screen

71
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progressive download

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files can begin previewing while other prats of it are still being downloaded

72
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videotelephony

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a unique form of streaming-based video delivery in that it is done in real time and has 2 or more contributors/particpants ex. skype/facetime

73
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adaptive streaming

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the reason why you can continue watching things when it buffers bc u change it to a lower quality or go back 20 seconds etc