Data and Telecommunications, terms, concepts and abbreviations.
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Computer Hardware parts, abbreviations and concepts.
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Graphic Design & prepress terms from desktop publishing to offset printing.
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Linux/Unix Terms and Commands.
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ls
ls [options] [names]
List the contents of a directory or directories. This is similar to the dos command īdirī frequently abbreviated in many shells to ll for ls -l which lists files with long format. If no [names] then the contents of the current directory are listed. Options -1, --format=single-column Print one entry per line of output. -a List all files, including the normally hidden files whose names begin with a period. -b, --escape Display nonprinting characters in octal an... |
Photography terms and concepts, including digital and traditional photographic techniques.
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RAM
RAM is a type of computer storage whose contents can be accessed in any order. This is in contrast to sequential memory devices such as magnetic tapes, discs and drums, in which the mechanical movement of the storage medium forces the computer to access data in a fixed order. It is usually implied that RAM can be both written to and read from, in contrast to read-only memory or ROM.
Computers use RAM to hold the program code and data during execution. In the first electronic computers, RAM wa... |
Web design termonology, concepts, and abbreviations.
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DPI
A measure of image resolution - typical screen resolution is 72 dip whereas printing presse print at 300dpi.
When measuring the resolution of an image you need to know both the physical size and the resolution (in DPI) to acertain the actual amount of data. For example: An image that is 10 inches wide... at 72dpi would be 720 pixels wide at 300dpi would be 3000 pixels wide (roughly 3.5 times the resolution) |