| A | B |
| Persistence of Vision | refers to the way our eyes retain images |
| Frame-by-Frame | each frame shows the same graphic with a tiny change |
| Tweening | performed between keyframes |
| Keyframes | contain the most important movements |
| Modeling | creates a wireframe structure of 3-D objects |
| Rendering | process of applying colors & textures |
| Path Animation | also called vector animation |
| Morphing | one image is gradually turned into another |
| Rollovers | also called mouseovers |
| Stop Motion Animation | used in clay animation (one frame at time) |
| Scripting-Based Animation | created by Javascript |