W3C
World Wide Web Consortium. It was formed
with the charter to define the standard versions of HTML. Beyond HTML, the W3C has the broader
responsibility of standardizing any technology related to the World Wide Web; they manage the
HTTP standard, as well as related standards for document addressing on the Web. And they solicit
draft standards for extensions to existing web technologies, such as internationalization of the
HTML standard.
Windows standard for waveform sound
files that have the extension .wav
A type of sound that works like
a tape recording. Waveform sounds play back from disk using sound chips in computer's system
board or on an add-in audio card.System sounds such as the Windows ding.wav file, and
downloadable audio clips are all waveform sounds.
In which the color
temperature of the scene is measured prior to exposure and electronically adjusted so that white
objects will not take on excessive color casts of red, blue or, if shot under most fluorescent
lighting, green.
World Wide Web. A hypermedia-based
system for browsing Internet sites. It is named the Web because it is made of many sites linked
together; users can travel from one site to another by clicking on hyperlinks.
What You See Is What You Get.
Technology that enables you to see images onscreen exactly as they will appear when printed
out.