| A | B |
| Action | compact programming code that defines interactivity |
| ActionScript | A popular scripting language resembling JavaScript |
| Button | an object in an animaiton or web page that performs a specific task when mouse clicked |
| Compression | reducing the space required to stored data by efficiently encoding the content |
| Interactive | a feature that allows a viewer to respond to an animation using buttons, links, menus, etc |
| JavaScript | the most common scripting language in use |
| Looping | replaying a file continually until stopped |
| MP3 file | a common sound file format using digitized waveforms in compressed format |
| Rollover | the look oraction of a control with relation to mouse actions (Up, Over, Down, and Hit) |
| Script | a program that performs a specific task or actions |
| Symbol | elements that may be used in several times in an animation and stored in a library |
| Text object | an object containing text that can be manipulated like a drawing object |
| WAV (wave) file | sournd file format supported by the Windows operating systems using digitized waveforms |
| Waveform | visual display of a sound's volume and frequency |