Technical Glossary -- (Kurt Smith)

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Kurt says:" A combo of ICT business and mobile phone terms. From my own entry and by incorporating some other glossaries. Anyone who has something similar let me know. Mobile phones in particular.



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Palette

Is the available colors supported by a computer graphics system.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palette

Palm top computer or Personal organiser

Like a very small laptop, small enough to fit into a pocket. Some are referred to as personal organisers.

Panels

The Training Layout panel set arranges your workspace in a way that facilitates taking lessons. You'll use this layout for all lessons that you take in Flash. (Flash Help Menu)

PDF

portable document format

Photoshop

Adobe graphics program.

Pixel

The pixel (a word invented from "picture element") is the basic unit of programmable color on a computer display or in a computer image. Think of it as a logical - rather than a physical - unit. The physical size of a pixel depends on how you've set the resolution for the display screen. If you've set the display to its maximum resolution, the physical size of a pixel will equal the physical size of the dot pitch (let's just call it the dot size) of the display. If, however, you've set the resolution to something less than the maximum resolution, a pixel will be larger than the physical size of the screen's dot (that is, a pixel will use more than one dot). url

Plotter

An alternative to the printer for producing drawings. Can be used with very large paper (e.g. A0).

PNG

PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is a losslessly compressed bitmap image format.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNG

POP

post office protocol

Portable/laptop computer

A computer which is as powerful as a desktop but has a smaller, slimmer Liquid Crystal Display screen. Most are around A4 size.

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