Back-end development
Programming for e-commerce and database information and management.

Browser
The front-end to a database that enables users to view and access information.

Bezier
A sinuous, curvy line defined by adjustable control points. Bit: The smallest measured unit of computer data.

Bitmap
An image on the computer screen that is visible by pixels directly related to the data bits stored in the memory.

Compression
Reducing visual and audio data for storage and transmission.

Cycle
A group of images that comprise a complete action by the subject. During a cycle the subject starts and ends in the same position. For this reason, the same action can be repeated over and over without redrawing. Cycles can be constructed for walking, running and jumping motions, gestures of the hands or whole body, or facial expressions.

DHTML
Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language File Management: An essential system that ensures proper allocation of all graphics files within a web site design.

Dither
Combining pixels from 256-color palette into patterns that approximate other colors. At a distance, the human eye merges the pixels into a single color. Up close, the graphic image will appear pixilated and speckled.

Download
Transferring data from one computer to another. DPI- Dots Per Inch: Measurement uses for image resolution, the number of dots(pixels) that constitute an image.

.EPS
Encapsulated PostScript. A format for storing object-oriented vector artwork. Can also store bitmaps, but seldom used because of large storage requirements.

Front-end graphics
The visible part of a computer program or database program that the user will see visually and interact with.

.GIF
Graphic Interface Format. A format for saving solid color, images. Not ideal for photographs or illustrations.

GML
general markup language

GUI
graphical user interface

HTML
Hyper Text Markup Language is the programming code used to create web pages.

Hyperlink
a programmed link between items of information in different segments of a program or physically different locations.

Hypertext
describes a program that provides multiple pathways through text, enabling the user to follow existing hyperlinks in a random access manner.

In-between or Tween
An image drawn to show a character between the extreme moments of action or gesture. Tweens create smooth motion between keyframes where the action is most dramatic.

Interactive
Computer based system or program that allows the user to interact directly and maintain control will desired actions.

Java Script
A scripting language developed by Netscape to translate HTML source code for web authors to enable them to create interactive web sites.

.JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group. A compression technique for reducing the amount of data needed to describe a full-color bit map.

Keyframe
An individual image exhibiting the extreme of an action or gesture. Used as a guide for the construction of intermediate frames.

Link
A direct path that connects two web sites together.

Onionskin
The name is taken from the translucency of onionskin paper... This technique originates in traditional cell animation. By drawing on a translucent medium, with a light source beneath the drawing surface, an animator can see the position of an object on one page, while drawing it in a new position on the page above.

.PDF
Portable Document Format.

Pixel
The smallest unit of measurement on a computer screen. Screens with more pixels provide a higher resolution image.

Posterize
A technique for converting a bitmapped image to a smaller number of tones and colors.

Programming Editor
A computer program which is designed to help the user write and edit programs in a particular programming language.

PPP driver
Point to Point Protocol

RAM
Random Access Memory: temporary working data storage

RGB
Red, Green and Blue: The colors system used in computer graphics.

Rollover
A technique where when mousing over a button, text or image, it changes to something new.

Scripting
Programming using a computer scripting language.

Splice
To cut images for web site graphics.

Storyboard
A series of sketches in sequence, describing the proposed motion graphics via animation, film or video.

Tables
A presentation of information defined by a grid structure and organized in rows and columns.

Tags
A sequence of characters in a markup language used to provide information, such as formatting specifications, about a document.

TCP/IP
Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Transparent Gif — A gif that has no background color.

.TIFF or .TIF
Tagged Image File Format. A format for storing gray-scale data, not object-oriented images; the standard format for scanned images and for exporting gray-scale and color images to other programs. There are three types: Monochrome TIFF, Gray-scale TIFF, and Color TIFF.

URL
Uniform resource locator File Formats: Defined structure for storing file information. Various formats are used to transmit between computer programs.