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| AVI | Microsoft's Video for Windows Standard. Limited to 320 x 240 resolution and 30 frames per second, neither of which is adequate for full-screen, full-motion video. |
| Compression | The process of reducing the information content of a signal so that it occupies less space on a transmission channel or storage device. |
| FPS | A measure of how much information is used to store and display motion video. |
| Frame | A single image in a sequence of images. |
| MPEG | Short for Moving Pictures Experts Group, and promounced m-peg, this term refers to the family of digital video compression standards and file formats. |
| MPEG-1 | Provides a video resolution of 352 x 240 at 30 fps. This produces video quality slightly below the quality of conventional VCR videos. |
| MPEG-2 | Provides a video resolution of 720 x 480 and 1280 x 720 at 60 fps, with full CD-quality audio. |
| MPEG-4 | This standard is designed to transmit video and images over a narrower bandwidth and can mix video with text, graphics and 2-D and 3-D animation layers. |
| Multicasting | To transmit a single message to a select group of recipients. |
| NetMeeting | A product developed by Microsoft that enables groups to teleconference/videoconference using the Internet as the transmission medium. |
| Quicktime | A video and animation system developed by Apple Computer; a multi-platform industry-standard multimedia architecture. |
| RealOne | Streaming audio/video technology; most used on the Web. |
| Streaming | A technique for transferring data such that it can be processed as a steady and continuous stream. |
| Video Conferencing | Conducting a conference between two or more participants at different sites by using computer networks to transmit audio and video data. |
