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Web Design Semester Exam
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Computer Science
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12/13/2009

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Adobe
Definition
American computer software company focused upon the creation of multimedia and creativity software products, such as rich Internet application software development.
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Audacity
Definition
A digital audio editor and recording application to create .WAV or .MP3 files that is free.
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Blackboard
Definition
A web-based software program for placing classroom courses, such as assignments and grades, online for student use at school or at home.
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Clip Art
Definition
Graphics that are already drawn and available for use in documents.
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Cloning
Definition
Using the ALT key with the mouseclick to pick up the color and pattern of an image and apply it elsewhere.
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Copy
Definition
A duplicate of the selected text or the picture is placed on the clipboard while the origiinal remains in the document.
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Copyright
Definition
A form of intellectual property that gives the author of an original work exclusive right for a certain time period in relation to that work, including its publication, distribution and adaptation, after which time the work is said to enter the public domain
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Cropping
Definition
One of the most basic photo manipulation processes, it is performed in order to remove an unwanted subject or irrelevant detail from a photo.
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Cut
Definition
Removes selected text or picture from the document and places it on the Clipboard.
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Default
Definition
A computer setting that is used unless another option is chosen.
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Design View
Definition
In a web authoring program, looking at a web page from the user's view while creating/editing the page.
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Desktop
Definition
The space where you access and work with computer programs and files.
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Digital Image
Definition
A digital representation of a two-dimensional image usually refering to raster images also called bitmap images.
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Dreamweaver
Definition
A software program from Adobe to create and edit web pages.
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Effect
Definition
In Photoshop, a type of appearance attribute which alters an object's appearance without altering the object itself.
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Fill
Definition
A color you apply that fills an object.
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Filters
Definition
In Photoshop, used to alter the look of an image and give it a special, customized appearance by applying special effects such as distortions, changes in lighting, and blurring.
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Float All in Windows
Definition
In Photoshop, a way of arranging your file windows to float in the workspace so you can easily see and work with all of them simultaneously.
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Folder
Definition
A place where files and other folders are stored on the computer.
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FrontPage
Definition
A software program from Microsoft to create and edit web pages.
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GIF
Definition
The Graphics Interchange Format, a standard file format for compressing images by lowering the number of colors available to the file.
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Gradient
Definition
A graduated blend between two or more colors used to fill an object.
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Graphics
Definition
Pictures that help illustrate the meaning of the text or that make the page more attractive.
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HTML
Definition
Hypertext markup language, the language or format for creating web pages.
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Highlight
Definition
Selecting a block of text to work with.
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Home Page
Definition
The term used to refer to the front page or main web page of a website.
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Hotspot
Definition
Place on an image map that you click to jump to another page.
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Hyperlink
Definition
Words or objects that may be clicked to move from page to page within a web site.
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Icon
Definition
Small pictures that represent an item or object such as the pictures on the computer desktop.
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Image Handles
Definition
Small boxes or circles that appear around an object when it is selected that can be dragged to resize the object.
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Intellectual Property
Definition
A legality where owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs. Common types include copyrights, trademarks, patents, industrial design rights and trade secrets in some jurisdictions.
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Internet
Definition
A vast network of computers linked to one another.
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Internet Explorer
Definition
The Microsoft Office browser for navigating the Web.
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JPEG
Definition
Named after the Joint Photographic Experts Group who created the standard, a commonl method of photographic compression (10:1) with little perceptible loss of image quality.
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Layer
Definition
A section within an image on which objects can be stored.
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MP3
Definition
A common audio format for consumer audio storage for the playback of music on digital audio players.
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Magic Eraser
Definition
In Photoshop, used to erase areas, especially background areas, of an image that have similar-colored pixels
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Maximize Button
Definition
Button at the right side of the title bar that you click to enlarge a window to fill the screen.
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Menu
Definition
List of options from which to choose.
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Menu Bar
Definition
A bar normally at the top of the screen that lists the names of menus.
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Minimize Button
Definition
Button at the right side of the title bar that you click to reduce a window to a button on the taskbar.
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My Computer
Definition
The desktop icon that you open to access storage devices such as the Netshare G drive, a floppy disk, a jump drive, CD, or DVD.
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My Documents
Definition
The desktop icon that you open to access the files you create and save under your computer login.
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Navigation Bar
Definition
A sub region of a web page, also called a links bar, that contains hypertext links in order to navigate between the pages of a website.
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Netshare G Drive
Definition
The storage area that Beechcroft High School uses for students to access shared files.
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Opacity
Definition
Determines the percentage of transparency; difficult to see through.
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Open
Definition
The process of loading a file from a disk onto the screen.
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Palettes
Definition
Floating windows that can be moved and are used to modify objects.
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Paste
Definition
Text that is copied from the clipboard and placed at the insertion point in the document.
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Photo Album
Definition
The creation of a table of thumbnail-sized photos that when clicked jump to another web page showing the original photo size.
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Photoshop
Definition
A graphics editing program that is the current market leader for commercial bitmap and image manipulation software.
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Pixels
Definition
A picture element in digital imaging made up of a single point in a raster image, normally arranged in a 2-dimensional grid, and often represented using dots or squares.
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Point
Definition
Moving the mouse pointer to a specific item on the screen.
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Preview in Browser
Definition
Software, such as Internet Explorer, for viewing information on the World Wide Web.
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Property Inspector
Definition
A Dreamweaver tool that allows you to change attributes on HTML tags. It constantly changes its contents to suit the currently selected element in your web page.
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Pull Down Menu
Definition
A list of commands that appears below each menu name on the menu bar.
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Recycle Bin
Definition
A place to get rid of files or folders that are no longer needed. Items are not deleted until it is emptied.
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Resolution
Definition
The density of pixels per inch in a digital image whether displayed on a screen or printed on paper. For example a common web page image resolution for a monitor screen is 72:1; print copy is 300:1.
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Rollover Image
Definition
Inserts the code to create an image that changes when the mouse pointer moves over it.
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Save
Definition
The process of storing a file on a disk such as My Documents.
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Scale
Definition
A transformation in which an object changes size.
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Scanner
Definition
An electronic device that converts print materials into an electronic file.
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Scroll Bar
Definition
These appear at the bottom and/or right side of a window to allow the user to view another part of the window's contents.
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Scroll Box
Definition
Box in the scroll bar that indicates your position within the contents of the window.
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Selecting
Definition
Highlighting a block of text.
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Shading
Definition
Bevel and emboss setting that determines how pigments are combined.
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Split View
Definition
Seeing both the HTML code and the user's view of a web page.
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Step Backwards
Definition
In Photoshop, a way of undoing the last edit in a history of edits that are saved as you work with an image.
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Task Bar
Definition
A bar normally at the bottom of a screen that displays the Start button and the names of all open programs.
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Task Pane
Definition
A separate window usually on the right hand side of the opening screen that contains commonly used commands.
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Thumbnail
Definition
Small versions of pictures.
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Title Bar
Definition
A bar at the top of a window that contains the name of the open program, document, or folder.
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Toggling
Definition
Clicking a toolbar button to turn a feature on or off such as clicking on Bold to turn it on or off.
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Transform
Definition
The act of moving, scaling, skewing, or rotating an object.
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URL
Definition
Uniform Resource Locator; a web address.
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WYSIWYG
Definition
The term used in computing to describe a system (what you see is what you get) in which content displayed during editing appears very similar to the final output, which might be a printed document, web page, slide presentation
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Web Browser
Definition
Software, such as Internet Explorer, that is used to display Web pages on your computer screen.
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Web Design
Definition
The art and skill of creating hypertext and hypermedia presentations of content delivered to an end-user through the World Wide Web.
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Windows Movie Maker
Definition
A video creating/editing software with features such as effects, transitions, titles/credits, audio track, and timeline narration.
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World Wide Web
Definition
A system of computers that share information by means of hypertext links.
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