Patricia Cooper
EDT 660
National University
.AVI
Video file extension widely
used that can be uploaded
to Blogger
Acceptable Use Policy
(AUP)
An agreement among
students, parents/guardians,
and school administrators
regarding appropriate use of
the internet
Alt-tag
Alternative textual
descriptions to provide brief
descriptions of graphics or
images
Applications
Games, simulations,
tutorials, problem-solving
programs, productivity
software, and graphic
software programs
Asynchronous
Not at the same time
Augmented Reality
Combining real-world data
with virtual data
Bit
An acronym for binary digit;
the smallest unit of digital
information. The bit can be
thought of as a 1 or a 0
representing a circuit on or
off, respectively
Blog
Web log serving as a publicly
accessible personal journal
for an individual
Compressed Video
Video images that have been
processed to remove
redundant information,
thereby reducing the
amount of bandwidth
required to transmit them
Decode
To comprehend information
that is presented
Diorama
A static display employing a
flat background and threedimensional foreground to
achieve a lifelike effect
Encode
To express an idea to others
File server
In local area networks, a
station dedicated to
providing file and mass data
storage services to the other
stations on the network
GB
Gigabyte; approximately one
million bytes, or 1,000
megabytes
HTTP
Hypertext transfer protocol
The web protocol that
ensures compatibility before
transferring information
Link
An association between two
(or more) nonsequential
concepts. In hypermedia, a
direct connection between
two asynchronous items of
data
MP3
A format for compression of
audio files to reduce them
into more manageable size,
especially when using the
internet
Multimedia
Sequential or simultaneous
use of a variety of media
formats in a given
presentation or self-study
program
Podcast
Internet-distributed
multimedia file formatted for
direct download to mobile
devices
Simulation
An abstraction or
simplification of some real
life situation or process
Streaming Audio
Audio sent in packets to
allow listening to portions of
a file before all portions are
downloaded
Streaming Video
A video file downloaded
from the Internet that starts
playing before it is
completely downloaded
Uniform Resource locator
(URL)
The address for an Internet
site or World Wide Web
page containing the protocol
type, the domain, the
directory, and the name of
the site or page
Vidcast
A type of podcast that allows
students to see and hear the
information being presented
WAV
The digital version of analog
audio created by using a
computer sound card and
software to convert and
store files in a digital format