The first or default hard disk accessed by most IBM compatible computers. A: and B: are reserved for floppy disk drives. #
A storage area in memory where large portions of frequently accessed instructions are stored to prevent repeated hard disk retrieval. #
A set of special high speed memory chips with its own bus to the CPU, where the most frequently requested data is stored. #
Removable holder for CD-ROM disc required by CD-ROM drives without built-in disc trays.#
A Windows 95 accessory program that allows the user to do mathematical calculations. This program can be displayed as either a Standard or Scientific calculator. #
This program is a combination wall calendar and daily calendar, allowing the user to input information, such as meetings and important dates. #
(Video) A video component incorporating both a camera and video tape recorder.#
A Windows 95 accessory program that creates electronic ╥index cards,╙ allowing the user to track small amounts of information according to the header on the card. #
Option in Windows 95 available by right clicking on the taskbar. Arranges all currently open windows by overlaying and offsetting each window starting from the upper left. #
A display mode that overlaps windows displaying the title bars and edges. #
Constant Angular Velocity. Videodisk playback in which the disc spins at the same revolutions per minute, no matter where the read head is located, in relation to the center of the disc. For playback of NTSC material, the continuous rate of rotation is 1,800 rpm, whereas it is 1,500 rpm for the PAL format, each making one revolution per frame displayed.#
Compact Disc Plus Graphics. CD format including extended graphics capabilities as written into the original CD-ROM specifications. #
Compact Disc, or Compact Audio Disc. An optical disc measuring 4.75╙ (12cm) in diameter, containing digitally encoded information, most commonly in the form of music, stored in the CLV format. Commonly used for high fidelity music, due to its 90 dB signal to noise ratio, and its 74 minute capacity.#
Represents a CD-ROM drive on your computer or network available in Windows 95. #
The type of digital sound stored on compact discs.#
Cellular Digital Packet Data. An open standard for data interchange on wireless data networks.#
(Audio/Video) Consumer devices, 5 1/4" digital format, which allows control over audio/video sequences. A CD-I disk cannot be read by a CD-ROM drive.#
An accessory program used in conjunction with the CD-ROM drive in Windows 95. It turns your computer into a Compact Disc player, allowing you to play any music CD inserted in the CD-ROM drive. #
Compact Disc Recordable. Standard for pressing ╥one-off╙ CD-ROM discs.#
(2nd Mode CD) This disc is designated as read only memory because a CD drive cannot record. It is able to read compressed data and video picture data.#
A read-only disk drive designed to read the data on a CD-ROM and transfer it to a computer. #
(Compact Disc Read-Only Memory Extended Architecture) (3rd Mode CD) This disc is able to interleave mode two compressed audio and mode two data sectors. Additional hardware is needed to separate these when playing the disc. The hardware is programmed to separate the audio from the data, decompress the audio and play it through the audio jacks, simultaneously passing data to computer.#
Commodore Dynamic Total Vision. Commodore consumer multimedia system, that includes a 68000 processor, 1 MB of RAM, and a 10 key infrared remote control.#
Traditional animation technique in which animated characters are drawn frame-by-frame as part of the overall animation. The various character animations can then be overlaid and positioned independently from the background.#
A microprocessor chip containing the computer's arithmetic-logic processing and control unit. Sometimes called the brains of your computer. #
An encrypted tag that uniquely identifies the originator of every transaction. Adds security to the system by identifying source of all encryption/decryption activities.#
A unique line of MIDI sequences assigned in the MIDI MAP to a particular MIDI device.#
A task performed by a videodisk player when a specific chapter is requested by number.#
The base and outside case of your personal computer.#
A graphical representation of a toggle being turned on or off. When the option is turned on, a check or an X appears in the box. #
A videodisk or CD produced prior to mass production to check the accuracy of the program material.#
An object in a model that is controlled by the attributes of a related parent object. Changes to the child╒s attributes do not affect the parent╒s attributes but changes to the parent╒s attributes do modify those of the child object.#
A microscopic electronic circuit produced on a tiny silicon chip or wafer. Types include RAM chips, CPU chips and ROM chips. #
In a program or system that uses dialog boxes and menus, the process of making a selection that begins an action. #
(Video) A fixed color or color range to which video from another source will be substituted. Commonly called the "weatherman effect.#
(Video) Chrominance typically stands for the color components hue and saturation. Hue is defined as tint, the characteristic of the color itself. Saturation indicates the degree to which the color is diluted by luminance, or white light.#
To rapidly press and releae the button on a mouse. #
A procedure used to move an object such as an icon. So named because the mouse button is clicked and then the mouse dragged to place the mouse pointer (and the icon that follows) in a new position. Once the pointer and icon are over the desired position, the mouse button is released. #
A workstation, usually a PC connected to a network, that can request information or applications from the server. #
A finite media sequence such as an audio or video segment.#
A collection, usually on CD-ROM, of audio, video, graphics or animation files designed to be used within other programs, usually in the creation of multimedia applications.#
Graphic images stored on disk that are available for use with programs that produce page layouts such as newsletters and brochures. #
In a windowing environment, a temporary area where text or other material that has been cut from a document is stored before it is pasted elsewhere. #
The number of instructions per second processed by the #
The process of ending access to an open file. A file that is closed can not be modified until it is opened again and frees up system resources for other purposes. A file can often be closed with or without saving the changes of the most recent editing session. #
The button that terminates an application or closes a window. #
Constant Linear Velocity. A videodisk format in which the rpm rate of the disc varies with respect to the read head╒s position relative to the center of the disc. This allows for twice as much play time, at the expense of such features as still frame, which are possible in CAV format. The rpm rate of the disc varies from 1,800 rpm when the read head is nearest the center, to 600 rpm at the outer edge.#
Cyan Magenta Yellow blacK The colors used in four color process printing.#
Compression/Decompression. Refers to any of several different software or hardware-assisted algorithms for reducing the amount of data required to store or play digital video.#
(Video) Standard color test signal, displayed as columns or "bars" of color. Broadcast engineers use "scopes" to test the image quality and stability. #
Adjusting colors to compensate for differences between devices or in the same device over time. #
The number of possible colors per pixel supported by a video card or color printer. See pixel depth.#
When using the Windows 95 Explorer, folders with a minus sign can be ╥collapsed╙ to hide the display of contents of the folder. #
A dialog box control that is a combination of a text box and list box where you can select from a list or type in your own choice. #
A dialog box control button such as OK, Cancel and Help that causes an action to occur. #
(Video) Three separate signals are used for Luminance (Y), Red-Y, and Blue-Y. Superior color and image quality is enabled. Considered broadcast quality. See Composite Video, S-Video.#
(Video, Computer Graphics) Horizontal and vertical sync signals are combined into one signal.#
(Video) A signal combining color signals (R, G, and B) with the luminance signal and sync pulses. This is the form the signal must take before it can be broadcast or recorded by standard means (this is the basic manner in which all standard color TVs work). Until recently, most monitors and projectors have accepted only composite to television. Composite video means that the video signal contains sync as well as picture information. See Component Video, S-Video.#
(Computer Graphics) Overlaying of one image with another. This usually combines a computer graphic in the foreground with either another computer graphic or a video signal in the background.#
Reducing the size of an image of a file so it occupies less space in memory or on disk. The computer can work more efficiently with the compressed file, and display images faster on disk. See frame differencing, lossy compression, lossless compression.#
Use of a computer to present instruction or training.#
The combination of hardware and software settings that uniquely defines your computer. The choices included in setting up a computer system or application that meet the user's needs. #
In Windows 95, the component of Plug and Play responsible for managing the software configuration associated with the system's hardware configuration. #
Refers to the meaningful media needed to communicate subject material in entertainment, reference and instructional settings.#
The right pane in the Windows Explorer window that shows the contents of a folder or desktop icon. #
The control that adjusts the overall image and raster light output.#
On an IBM PC-compatible keyboard, a key used in combination with other keys to issue a command. #
(Editing) Interface standard for control of video decks and camcorders. Also called bi-directional. Allows counter information to be sent back to the computer for searches and editing. See LANC.#
In Windows, a drop-down menu that contains options for managing the active window. #
The button in the top left corner of a window that opens the control menu. #
1. In Windows 95, the control panel contains the controls for the Windows 95 environment such as the colors of the screen.
2. Also used to refer to a row of buttons appearing in a multimedia interface.#
Represents the control panel for your computer available in Windows 95. You should use the control panel icon to access important operational characteristics of your computer. #
(Editing) Interface standard for control of VCRs, video decks, projectors and monitors. A one way protocol only. The controlling device or PC cannot receive counter information or device status.#
(Editing) The area of a videotape or laser disk used to record time coding and synchronization information.#
In an IBM PC-compatible computer, the first 640K of random access memory. #
The CRT gun's ability to focus the three electron beams (red, green and blue) onto a single point to accurately produce the color white, without color bleed through.#
An arrangement whereby the developer of a CD-ROM title delivers a master disc to a publisher who manufactures, packages and distributes the title.#
A file duplicated from an original. To duplicate data and use it in another location in a document; or to store an additional instance of the same file on another disk. #
Legal protection from unauthorized use by others for tangibly recorded intellectual property such as writing, music, videos and software applications.#
A set of materials, including software, tapes, etc., used to make up a complete instructional course.#
Central Processing Unit (CPU) is the primary processor used in any computer system. Common microprocessors are Intel's Pentium and 80486, Motorola's PowerPC and 68040 and SUN Microsystems SPARC.#
Deleting information and imagery from an image or bitmap file outside a specified boundary.#
The primary tube technology employed by television and computer displays.#
The directory in DOS that is used as the default by an application to store and retrieve files. #
The current window has a highlighted title bar and, in Windows 95, the button on the taskbar with the current window title appears to be depressed. It appears in the foreground while inactive windows appear in the background. Also referred to as the active window. #
A blinking character used to show where the next character will appear. #
The arrow keys that move the cursor on the screen. #
This allows the user to remove a selected object from within a document or window. After the selection is removed, it can then be pasted into another document or window. #
An editing function where media is cut from one location in a document and placed in another. #
Financial transactions through the internet or other on-line connections.#
Criminal activity conducted via computer technology especially on-line.#
Erotic, sexually explicit or pornographic media access through computer technology such as CD-ROM, the internet or on-line services.#
A general term for the virtual environments made possible by computer, communications and multimedia.#
