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| multimedia | presentation of information on a computer using a combination of text, graphics, sound, animation, and video, and which often requires that the user interact with the presentation |
| interactivity | the ability of the user to interact with an appliction. |
| multimedia titles | refers to specific products, CD-ROM based games, educational CDs, etc. |
| Internet | a vast communications system linking computers around the world |
| browsers | a visual interface that interprets the Web documents and allows for the display fo graphics, sound, video, and animation to be delivered to the user |
| Webcast | broadcast, in real time over the Web |
| animation | a series of still images that when displayed in a sequence give the illustion of movement |
| HTML | HyperText Markup Language is the universal "coding language" for the development of Web Pages |
| Hyperlinks | text or graphics that are coded to "jump" to another location; give the user the ability to navigate from place to place |
| file compression | used to speed up the transfer process and/or give the developer some control over the process |
| edutainment | the combination of education and entertainment |
| Intranet | an internal computer network set up to facilitate communications among employees, customers, vendors, and selected others |
| processor | the component that controls the operations of the computer system and performs calculations |
| RAM | temporary memory |
| ROM | permanent memory |
| hard drive | used to permanently store program instructions |
| pixels | the smallest units that a monitor can display |
| binary digit | smallest unit used to represent the coding of data in a computer |
