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| Anti-Aliasing | Smoothing or blending the transition of pixels in an image. Makes the edges appear smooth |
| Bitmap Image (bmp) | graphic image stored as a specific arrangement of screen dots |
| Compression | A method of packing data in order to save disk storage space or download time. |
| DPI | Stands for dots per inch. Specifies the resolution of an output device. |
| Export | To save a file in a different format (that of another program). |
| Font | complete set of characters in a particular size and style of type. |
| FTP | Stands for File Transfer Protocol. FTP allows you to copy or send files from one computer to another via the Internet. |
| GIF | Stands for Graphics Interchange Format. Displays up to 256 colors. |
| Hexadecimal | A numbering system which uses a base of 16. Used to color web pages. |
| Interlace | Storing partial data from a single graphic image in multiple sequences to have a partial image initially appear on screen rather than having to wait for the image to appear in its entirety. |
| JPG or JPEG | Abbreviation for Joint Photographic Experts Group. File format images allow for more colors than GIF images and are usually smaller in size. |
| Kilobyte | storage unit capable of storing 1,024 bytes of information. |
| Lossless Compression | data compression technique where the file quality is preserved and no data is lost. |
| Lossy Compression | technique of shrinking file sizes by giving away some precision of detail. |
| Multimedia | form of communication combining text with graphics, page layout, video, audio, animation, and so forth. |
| PDF | Stands for Portable Document Format. Created by Adobe Systems in its software program Adobe Acrobat as a universal browser. |
| PNG | Stands for Portable Network Graphics format. Used for lossless compression and displaying images on the web. |
| PPI | Stands for pixels per inch. |
| RGB | Stands for Red, Green, Blue |
| Sans Serif | style of typeface that means "without feet." Common typeface is Arial. |
| Saturation | color intensity of an image. |
| Serif | style of typeface that has "little feet." Most common is Times Roman. |
| Thumbnail | small version of a graphic image. |
| Vector Graphic | graphic image drawn in shapes and lines called paths. |
| WYSIWYG | Abbreviation for What You See Is What You Get. |
