Glossary of graphic-web-print design terms -
Krishnadasan Design, India New Delhi
These are the information about the concepts related to graphic design, website design, print design, multimedia and internet.
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Bitmap
A bitmap graphic is composed of dots (also known as pixels or bits). Bitmap graphics cannot be easily scaled up or down without a loss of quality
Bookmark
A way for web browser users to mark a web page they want to return to later.
Brainstorming
Approved creativity method used with groups for gathering important information about the users who shall use a Website. An important point is that criticism has to be deferred until all ideas have been collected and consolidated.
Browser safe colors
The 216 colors that will not get dithered on monitors that only display 256 colors. A very large GIF that contains a complete list of browser safe colors is here.
Bit
A contraction of binary digit, a bit is the smallest unit of information that a computer can hold. Eight bits is equivalent to a byte. The speed at which bits are transmitted or bit rate is usually expressed as bits per second or bps.
Broadband
A transmission method in which the networks range of transmission frequencies is divided into separate channels and each channel is used to send a different signal. Broadband is often used to send different types of signals simultaneously.
Browser
A type of software that allows you to navigate information databases; examples are Netscape Navigator and NCSA Mosaic.
Byte
The number of bits used to represent a character.
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