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Dictionary of Multimedia (England; 17) - Softcover

Hansen, Brad; Hansen, Birthe

 
9781887902144: Dictionary of Multimedia (England; 17)

Synopsis

A cross-disciplinary approach to explaining multimedia terms.

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Review

"An outstanding reference work. Highly recommended."
-"Library Journal
"Essential for practitioners and students."
-"Choice, January 2000
"Recommended for high school, public, academic, and special libraries for its thoroughness and as a good ready-reference source."
-"Booklist/RBB
"Recommended for all libraries serving patrons involved in multimedia computing."
-"E-Streams

From the Author

Information included in the book
In addition to thousands of concise definitions with illustrations, you get extensive appendices on: Copyrights and Contracts, Standards Organizations, and The World Wide Web (HTML 3.2 Tutorial, Color Tables, Coded Characters, Common Gateway Interface.) This book is unique in explaining concepts drawn from diverse bodies of knowledge: Audio (MIDI, engineering, signal processing), Graphics (imaging, color theory, design), Hardware (computers, electronics), Networking (protocols, standards, Internet), Software (logic, programming, scripting), Telecommunications (telephony, broadcast, cable), Video (post-production, editing, compression, MPEG), Human factors (organizations, committees), "A must-read for those brave souls trying to navigate the increasingly technical waters of the multimedia marketplace."

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