IMAGE CAPTURE
The process of using a device such as a scanner or digital camera to convert images into digitized data.
iTUNES
iTunes is adigital media player application, introduced by Apple Inc. on 9 January 2001. The application is used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple’s popular iPod digital media players as well as the iPhone. Additionally, iTunes can connect to the itunes store via the iternet to purchase and download music, music videos, television show, iPod games, audiobooks, podcasts, feature length films, movie rentals and ringtones.
INTERNET
The shared global computing network. A network based on standards including Internet Protocol (IP), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and the Domain Name System (DNS), which enables global communications between all connected computing devices. It provides the platform for web services and the World Wide Web.
INDEX PAGE
The first web page of a web site (always containing “index.html” in its file name) which appears to the user in the browser. Can be a home page with navigation links or a splash screen, sometimes with animated graphics.
ISDN (INTEGRATED SERVICES DIGITAL NETWORK)
ISDN is a type of bandwidth Internet connection that provides digital service from the customer’s premises to the dial-up telephone network. ISDN uses standard telephone service copper wiring to deliver voice, data or video.
ISP (INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER)
A business that provides access to the internet. Its services are available to either individuals or companies and include a dial-in interface with the Internet, software supply and often website and intranet design.
IP ADDRESS
(Internet Protocol address) - The standard way of identifying a computer that is connected to the Internet, much the way a telephone number identifies a telephone on a telephone network. The IP address is a string of four numbers separated by periods, and each number is less than 256, for example, 192.200.44.69. Your system administrator or Internet service provider will assign your machine an IP address.
IMAGE MAP
An image containing one or more invisible regions, called hotspots, which are assigned hyperlinks. Typically, an image map gives users visual cues about the information made available by clicking on each part of the image. For example, a geographical map could be made into an image map by assigning hotspots to each region of interest on the map.
JAVASCRIPT
A cross-platform, World Wide Web scripting language developed by Netscape Communications. JavaScript code is inserted directly into the HTML page.
JPEG FILE
JPEG is a standardised image compression mechanism. JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group, the original name of the committee that wrote the standard. JPEG is designed for compressing either full-colour or gray-scale images of natural, real-world scenes. It works well on photgraphs, naturalistic artwork and similar material, but not so well on lettering, simple cartoons or line drawings. JPEG handles only still images.
JAVA APPLETS
A short program written in Java that is attached to a World Wide Web page and executed by the browser machine.
JUXTAPOSE
Juxtapose is the fifth album of English rapper/producer Tricky.
However …. Juxtapose is in fact the placement oftwo objects close together or side by side for comparison or contrast. This is used to illustrate the scale in an image, or to contrast old and new, tall and short, unexpected combinations of colours, shapes or ideas.