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| FPS (Frames per second) | Number of picture images displayed per second, giving digital video the illusion of motion. |
| Frame | A single picture in a computerized movie. |
| Freeware | Copyrighted software given away for free by the author. |
| File Transfer Protocol | The protocol for exchanging files over the Internet. |
| Gallery | Set of predefined graphic options with sample data and types of graphics. |
| GIF | A graphics file format originated by CompuServe, useable for web pages and some multimedia software. |
| Gopher | A system that pre-dates the World Wide Web for organizing and displaying files on Internet servers. |
| Graphic | A line, circle, or box which has been created or an image which is imported into a publication. |
| Greeking | Text or that which serves as a placeholder until the real text replaces it (used when basic layout ideas are first shown). |
| Gutters | The space between columns in a publication. |
| Halftone | A method of producing grayscale art (especially to reproduce a photograph). |
| Head tag | This tag identifies the first part of your HTML-coded document that contains the title. |
| Headline | A large phrase appearing at the beginning of a newspaper article. |
| Hierarchical web site | Displays web pages in a tree-like structure. |
| Homepage | The main or primary page for a website which will include links to other pages in the web site. |
| Horizontal rule | A term for a line in the page design. |
| HyperText Markup Language | The authoring language used to create documents on the World Wide Web. |
| HTML editor | A software program that allows you to edit HTML code. |
| HyperText Transfer Protocol | The underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web. |
| Hyperlink | A text or graphical connection between related web pages or other sites on the Internet. |
| HyperText | A portion of a text document that contains programming code to link a word, graphic, or phrase to another section in a document or to a different document. |
| Inline image | A graphic file in a web page that is aligned with text using special HTML tags. |
| Internet | The worlds largest network of computers which connects millions of computers using a combination of phone lines, cables, satellites, and other media. |
| ISP | A company that provides access to the Internet. For a monthly fee, the service provider gives you a software package, username, password and access phone number. |
| JavaScript | Scripting language adapted from Sun MicroSystems Java programming language; supported by both Internet Explorer and Navigator 4. |
| JPEG | A graphics format capable of representing up to 16.7 millions colors that is ideal for complex pictures of natural, real world scenes, including photographs, realist artwork, and paintings. (10-1 or 20-1 compression ratios). |
| Kerning | Adjusting the horizontal space between characters in order to improve the readability or look of the text. |
| Leading | The measure of blank space between lines of text. |
| Linear web site | Displays web pages in a straight line. Appropriate when information must be read on one page before another. |
| Login | Used to make a computer system or network recognize you so that you can begin a computer session. |
| Logo | A unique symbol designed to represent a calling card for a person, product, business, or organization. |
| Malignant | A virus that attempts to inflict malicious damage to your computer. |
| Master pages | Pages in a publication whose contents will appear on every page of the publication |
| Masthead | Information printed at the top of most periodicals, including newspapers, listing the names of publications editorial staff members |
