| A | B |
| Mouse | Pointing device on a flat surface |
| Hot Button Operating System | A button image that change when the mouse pointer in on it. |
| Voice systhesis | A computer technology that generates sound |
| Interlacing | A technique that displays each frame of a video. |
| Intuitive | Software that is easy to learn with little or not training |
| Authoring | Creating application without understand computer programming |
| Beizer Curve | A method of drawing a smooth curved line on the screen |
| Byte | Data made up of 8 bits |
| Pixel | Dot of colored light |
| Swatch | A representative piece of image |
| Fractals | generated by algorithm |
| Layering | Elements that editable independently |
| Modeling | Process used to create 3D object |
| Shadows | Created when an object obscures the light |
| Animation key frame | A milestone frame in animation |
| Tweening | Process of extrapolation of animated frames |
| Streaming | A form of media delivery |
| Spline | Similar to a bezier curves |
| Lathing | Process of forming a 3d object |
| Nodes | The joints which the splines are connected |
| Morphing | distorts the shape of an image. |
| Palettes | collection of individual colors |
| Raytracing | 3D modeling & animation traces each other |
| Tooltip | pop up text message that appears |
| WWW | a version of the orginal Internet that supports graphics |