This glossary contains the word used in the computer arts field of study.
Computer
Noun
an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.
Example: The new use of AMS can also help us to date anything from a large cremation pot to a small speck of wood within a bronze axe.(Fagan 1999:pg126) These to dating method may be getting older and less used as more accurate and COMPUTER based methods come to the fore but they will always be essential for the archaeologist.
fr: ordinateur
Drawing
Verb
a picture or diagram made with a pencil, pen, or crayon rather than paint.
Example: This I achieved by DRAWING a line of four carbon atoms with the draw atom function and then changing the identify of the two terminal atoms to Chlorine with the change atom function.
fr: dessiner
Filming
noun
Filming is the activity of making a film including the acting, directing, and camera shots. Filming was due to start next month.
Example: One of Fellini's main aims in the FILMING of Satyricon was to portray the ancient Rome of Petronius as a society completely different to our own, and the finished film can show us many things about the role of cinema in producing history.
fr: Filmer
Graphic tablet
Phrase
an input device consisting of a flat, pressure-sensitive pad which the user draws on or points at with a special stylus, to guide a pointer displayed on the screen.
fr: tablette graphique
Keyboard
Noun
a panel of keys that operate a computer or typewriter.
Example: Through the GLUT the KEYBOARD and mouse can be accessed easily.
fr: clavier
Multimedia installation
Phrase
A type of art but with computers.
fr: installation multimédia
Photoshop
Noun
alter (a photographic image) digitally using Photoshop image-editing software.
Example: Companies have to use original software because people will get suspicious if your million dollar advertising company uses neither PHOTOSHOP nor QuarkXPress.
fr: Photoshoper
Programming
Verb
the process or activity of writing computer programs.
Example: An alternative to either of these solutions would of course be the Integer Linear PROGRAMMING spreadsheet method using Solver.
fr: programmer
Sound design
Phrase
Sound design is the art and practice of creating sound tracks for a variety of needs. It involves specifying, acquiring or creating auditory elements using audio production techniques and tools.
fr: design sonore
Video editing
Phrase
Video editing is the manipulation and arrangement of video shots. Video editing is used to structure and present all video information, including films and television shows, video advertisements and video essays. Video editing has been dramatically democratized in recent years by editing software available for personal computers. Editing video can be difficult and tedious, so several technologies have been produced to aid people in this task. Pen based video editing software was developed in order to give people a more intuitive and fast way to edit video
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