Lecture 2 - Multimedia

Question 1

What is multimedia?

What are the five components?

Answer 1

Multimedia is everything you can hear or see.

Describes any application or technology that uses any combination of:

• text
• images
• sounds
• animation
• video

Question 2

What are multimedia uses?

Answer 2

To inform
To educate
To sell/run businesses
To entertain

Question 3

What does the World Wide Web offer?

Answer 3

1. Accessibility
2. Fast
3. Directly see people
4. Cheap (sometimes free)

Question 4

Which area of the world has the most internet users?

Answer 4

Asia

Question 5

What year was network technology introduced?

What was it called?

Answer 5

1969

Arpanet - first packet switching network and the predecessor to the internet

Question 6

When was the start of the internet?

Answer 6

In 1962

Build network technology to allow researchers at various locations across the country to share information

Question 7

When was the first email sent?

Answer 7

1971

Question 8

What was the first graphical browser called?

In what year?

Answer 8

Mosiac

1993

Question 9

What year did the World Wide Web debut?

Answer 9

1991 - by Tim Burners-Lee

Question 10

When was the search engine implemented?

Answer 10

In 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Question 11

What two purposes does text serve?

Answer 11

1. Convey information

2. Visual impact

Question 12

Font Types

Answer 12

Arial

Times New Roman

Comic Sans

Question 13

Style

Answer 13

Bold

Regular

Italics

Question 14

Kerning

Answer 14

Space between pairs of characters

Question 15

Tracking

Answer 15

Adjusting the distance between all the letters

Question 16

Leading

Answer 16

The vertical space between lines of text

Question 17

Serif

Answer 17

Tails
Script
Body paragraphs
- Times New Roman

Question 18

Sans Serif

Answer 18

No tails
Block oriented
Headings, Titles
- Arial or Verdana

Question 19

Monospaced Fonts

Answer 19

Each character takes up the same amount of space on a line - Courier

Question 20

Proportional Fonts

Answer 20

Each character takes up only as much width it needs - Times New Roman

Question 21

Pixels

Answer 21

The “dots” the take on a particular colour on a screen

Question 22

How is a pixel displayed?

Answer 22

A pixel is displayed using light on a monitor to create images or text

Question 23

Point (pt)

Answer 23

A linear unit measuring size of text in a word processing document

Question 24

72 pt =

1 pt =

Answer 24

1 inch

1/72 inch

Question 25

Pixel (px)

Answer 25

Pixels are a measurement for text and images for the web on a monitor

Question 26

How big is 72pt size font when printed?

Answer 26

It will ALWAYS be 1 inch, no matter what machine it is printed on.

Question 27

Does 11px equal 11pt?

Answer 27

NO

Question 28

Are pixels smaller than points?

Answer 28

YES, pixels will always be smaller than points

Question 29

What is the Hexadecimal Code?

Answer 29

It will always have 6 digits with letters A through F and numbers 0 through 9. The letters can be both uppercase or lowercase. Letters will always be first
Example: #C0C0C0 is Light Grey

Question 30

What does the Hexadecimal Code represent?

Answer 30

RRGGBB

Therefore, Red is #FF0000

Question 31

What does CRAP mean?

Answer 31

Contrast

Repetition

Alignment

Proximity