Glossary of Digital Media Terminology

Digital Media Terminology

• Tweening: An animation process that uses keyframes between two images to determine positions of objects.

• Streaming: A technique for producing and transmitting audio and video files so they can start playing as soon as a PC begins receiving them, rather than waiting for the complete file to download first.

• Morphing: the transformation of one thing into another.

• Bandwidth: The amount of data that can be transmitted over a network in a given amount of time.

• Resolution: The amount of detail in an image or signal. On a computer screen, the resolution is the number of pixels. In an analogue video signal, the resolution is the number of horizontal lines. In digital audio, the resolution is the number of samples per second. "Colour resolution" refers to the colour depth of an image, ie. how many colours are present.