• Quicktime-A video compression standard developed by Apple Computer, frequently used for video clips on the World Wide Web.
• Quick Mask Mode-Quick Mask Mode (let’s call it QMM for short) is a way to make a selection with the Paint Brush rather than a selection tool like Marquee, Lasso or Magic Wand.
• RGB-The RGB color model is an additive color model in which red, green, and blue light are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors. The name of the model comes from the initials of the three additive primary colors, red, green, and blue.
• Resolution-080i is a shorthand name for a category of video modes. The number 1080 stands for 1080 lines of vertical resolution, while the letter i stands for interlaced or non-progressive scan.
• Relative & Absolute URLS-This URL is known as a relative address. A Relative URL is one in which the link states only the file or image name. If the Web browser is given no other addressing information, it looks for this file or image in the folder that holds the current file or image. However, if someone wished to access this file from some other page or somewhere else on the Web, they would need to use the complete address or the Absolute URL as shown below.
• Raster Graphics-The display of graphic images using a collection of small, separate dots called a bit map. The graphic’s resolution is limited by the capabilities of the display or printing device. Synonymous with bit-mapped graphic. Adobe Photoshop is a popular image editor that rasterizes images that it opens.
• Rollover Button-CSS button allows for both a graphical image and text to be within the link. This gives us the best of both worlds - a nice graphical image swap for our viewers and text for the search engines. Yes, many other CSS buttons do this too, but read on.
• RAM-A folder name selector will display all folders beneath this folder.
• Root folder-A folder name selector will display all folders beneath this folder.
• Royalty free website-they take no money for the making or running of the site. not a moneymaking site
  

• OSP (Online Service Provider)- Operator Service Provider. This is a service provided to handle long distance or toll call traffic for certain (usually public) phones.
• Open Source-In general, open source refers to any program whose source code is made available for use or modification as users or other developers see fit.
• Out of Gamut-a colour that cannot be reproduced accurately by the device processing the image.
• Opacity-The amount of light obscured by particulate pollution in the air; clear window glass has zero opacity, a brick wall is 100 percent opaque. Opacity is an indicator of changes in performance of particulate control systems.
• Photoshop-A professional image-editing and graphics creation software from Adobe. It provides a large library of effects, filters and layers.
• PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)-Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld device that combines computing, telephone/fax, Internet, and networking features. A typical PDA can function as a cellular phone, fax sender, Web browser, and personal organizer.
• Portal-A Web site “gateway” that provides multiple services, which could include Web searching capability, news, free-email, discussion groups, online shopping, references and other services.
• Path (file/folder path)-A path is the general form of a file or directory name, giving a file’s name and its unique location in a file system. .
• Plug In-A program that must be downloaded to view particular content such as animations.
• Podcast-means a specific type of Broadcast, where the Work is incorporated into a file (which may contain one or more works and/or other material)
• Pixel-The smallest mark or dot on a screen. Short for picture element.
• PNG file-PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is a bitmapped image format that employs lossless data compression. PNG was created to improve and replace the GIF format, as an image-file format not requiring a patent license.
• Pixellated-In computer graphics, pixelation is an effect caused by displaying a bitmap or a section of a bitmap at such a large size that individual pixels, small single-colored square display elements that comprise the bitmap, are visible to the eye.
• PDF File-Portable Document Format. A computer file that contains a viewable and printable tariff document. The Acrobat Reader is needed to view tariffs.
• Proxy Server-A proxy server is used in larger companies and organizations to improve network operations and security. It can be used to prevent direct communication between two or more networks

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• Nano Technology-Nanotechnology is a field of applied science and technology covering a broad range of topics. The main unifying theme is the control of matter on a scale smaller than 1 micrometer, normally between 1-100 nanometers, as well as the fabrication of devices on this same length scale

• Notebook-Notebook is software for running a client-side personal wiki. It is a desktop application, runs on GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and any other platform with Tcl/Tk support.

• Network-Any connection of two or more computers that enables them to communicate. Networks may include transmission devices, servers, cables, routers and satellites. The phone network is the total infrastructure for transmitting phone messages.

• Network Security Administrator-The Computer Security Administration group provides a number of services to specific departments and acts as a central point of contact regarding computer security issues for CNS, University community and external users. We endeavor to promote computing security by providing documentation on standard security practise and investigating the application and implementation of security technologies.

• Non-Graphical Display Browser-This invention relates to user interfaces in general, and to a telephony user interface in particular.

• Navigation-The term used to describe the method of wayfinding on a website and the visual elements and areas that direct users to content.

• Noise-The amount of noise that is reduced through the introduction of sound absorbing materials. The level (in decibels) of sound reduced on a logarithmic basis.

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• Microsoft-Also “MS” The largest vendor of personal computer software applications and operating systems.

• Memory Stick-A flash memory card type from Sony. They resemble a stick of chewing gum and vary in size.

• Mouse-A hand-held device for moving the cursor or pointer on the screen. Movements of the mouse produce analogous movements of the pointer.

• Mash Up-In technology, a mashup is a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool;

• Meta Tags-Information placed in the HTML header of a Web page, providing information that is not visible to browsers

• Mirror-A mirror in computing is a direct copy of a data set. On the Internet, a mirror site is an exact copy of another Internet site

• Media File-These are the image, audio, video and text files - “Media Files” or Media. These files (.gif, .wav, .mpg, .txt, etc.) are also known as Assets.

• Monitor-A monitor is an approach to synchronizing two or more computer tasks that use a shared resource, usually a hardware device or a set of variables.

• Media Player-The media player is the software on the client computer that decompresses the streaming video or audio using a codec and plays it back on the computer screen

• Melbourne IT-Melbourne IT is an Australian internet company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Formed in 1996, its primary business is domain name

• Megabyte-approximately one million bytes, 1,024 kilobytes

• Motherboard-The main printed circuit board in a computer that carries the system buses. It is equipped with sockets to which all processors, memory modules