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Adobe Photoshop - It is software having high-end image editor for the Mancintosh and windows from Adobe.

Applicant - A person applying for a vacant seat.

Artist - A person who practices or performs creative arts.

Audio - It is relating to frequency within the range of perception by the human ear (from about 15 to 20,000 hertz).

Beta - A new software or hardware product, or one that is being updated and ready to be released to users for beta testing in real world situations.

Blockbuster - A film or a book that marks a great commercial success.

Blue Screen   - A technique used in film matte special effects, in which one image is superimposed on another image.

Bgp - Border Gateway Protocol

Cbt - Acronym for Computer- Based Training, through which, students are taught new skills by using a communicative computer program.

CD- Compact Disk

Character - Sets of bit arranged in the shape of a character

Cinematography - The art of photography and cinema work in films. 

Collaborative - Working jointly on an activity or a project.

Composer - A person who arrange work in order to form an artistic whole.

Compositor - A person who arranges type for printing or key text into a composing machine.

Corel Draw - A suite of window graphics applications from Corel, which helps in image editing, charting presentations as well as desktop publishing.

C++ - An object oriented version of C which combines traditional C programming with OOP capability.

Designation - Specific positions in a company.

E Commerce - Commercial activity that takes place by the means of computers connected through a network.

Email - Transmitting messages through electronic means over a network.

Flash-A vector graphics file format developed by macromedia to enable designer to add animation and interactivity to multimedia web pages.

Digital Video - It is a compact disc in which computer data with video and audio can be encoded.

Digital - Photography by the use of digital camera,

Photography - which captures and stores each image
electronically.

Domain- In database design and management, domain is the set of valid values for a given attribute.

DVD - Acronym for Digital Video Disk, which is a family of optical discs that are the same overall dimensions of a CD, but have significantly higher capacities. DVDs are also double sided whereas CDs are single sided.

Flip Art - An art of turning over or causing to turn over with a quick and smooth movement.

Freelancer - One who is self-employed and take work assignments on contract.

Graphic - It is a creation and manipulation of picture images on the computer screen.

GUI - A visual computer environment that represents programs, files and options with graphical imagers, such as icons, menus and dialogue boxes on the screen

Hardware - Computer equipment which can be picked up, like, cables, connectors, computer peripherals etc.

Image Editing - The process of changing or modifying a bitmapped image, usually with an image editor.

IT- Information Technology

Kiosks - A small open-fronted hut or cubicle from which newspapers, refreshments, tickets etc. are sold

Landscaping - An art or a practice of laying out grounds in a way which is ornamental or which imitates natural scenery

Layout - The overall plan or design of a document system.

Macromedia - A software specialized in multimedia authoring tools.

Marketing. (Graphical User Interface) - Action or business of promoting and sellingproducts or services.


Model - A mathematical or graphical representation of something.

Modeling - Use of equations to create lines, curves and other shapes and to place those shapes accurately in relation to each other with two dimensional or three dimensional space, in which they are drawn.

Multimedia - It is an application that uses pictures, sound and text. The picture may be graphics, animation, photograph or video.

Multinational company- A company operating in more than one nation.

NASSCOM - National Association of Software and ServicesCompanies.

Non-Linear Editing - Storing video in the computer for editing.

Outsource - Obtaining contract work from an outside supplier.

Photoshop - It is the high-end image editor for the Mancintosh and windows from Adobe. It has capability of layering and allowing images to be rearranged under and over each other for placement.

Plasma Display - A display technology used with high-end lap-top computers.

Program - A sequence of instructions that can be executed by a computer.

Real Estate - Property

Scope - The extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant.

Scripting - A simple programming language for a special Language or limited task. Such as, PERL.

Search Engines - Any program that searches information on internet by the key words.

Sequences - A particular order in which movements follow each other.

Sketches - A drawing which gives general outline of anything. it is generally drawn by pencil.

Skill - An ability to do something well.

Software - Computer programs and instructions that make hardware work.

Special Effect - Illusions created for films and TV by props, camera work, computer graphics etc.

Storyboard - A sequence of drawings representing a shots planned for a film or a television programme.

Video - Rendering text and graphic images on displays.

Virtual Reality - It is a way of creating a three dimensional image of an object or a scene, in which, it is possible to move the image.

Visual Communication - Communicating through the means of seeing -a picture, film or display used to illustrate or accompany something.

Web Browser- It is a program which allows us to view and explore information on the worldwide web.

3D Modeling - The ability to create three dimensional images.

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