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| Animation | a series of still drawings that, when viewed in rapid succession, gives the impression of a moving picture. |
| Fractal | A glossy compression method used for color images. Fractals turn an image into a set of data and an algorithm for expanding it back to the original. |
| Interactive | the back-and-forth dialog between the user and the computer. Actions such as computer programming and developing media systems, whereas 'closed interactivity' is merely where the elements of access are determined by the user. |
| Microprocessor | most all electronic machines controlled by a microprocessor. It is an integrated circuit that contains the entire central processing unit of a computer on a single chip. |
| Morph | to form or shape. |
| Optical disk | a disk that stores digital data, and is read with a laser scanning the surface. CD, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM and DVD-Video are examples. They also have a 30-year life and are less vulnerable to extremes of hot and cold. |
| Pixel | the basic unit of the composition of an image to manipulate to create or change images on a computer monitor |
| Resolution | The fineness (or sharpness) of detail that can be distinguished in an image, as on a video monitor. Displaying more information in a smaller area using a higher resolution makes the image much clearer. |
| Stop-Motion Animation | The original technique used to create an animated sequence. Each frame is created and photographed (or digitized) independently. |
| Virtual Reality | A computer simulatioa multimedia application that uses 3-D graphics to create a realistic simulation. It is a computer simulation of a real or imaginary system that enables a user to perform operations on the simulated system and shows the effects in real time.n of a real or imaginary system that enables a user to perform operations on the simulated system and shows the effects in real time. |
| Modem | allows computers to share information across telephone & TV lines |
| Animator | career that creates animated cartoons |
| Rendering process | is when a program performing the computations necessary to construct output for the printer or screen, it by following instructions in a program routine to interactively render a scene. The computer evaluates each pixel of the object and decides what the color should be for that pixel at that point of the project, then uses its calculating power to perform this rendering process. |
