8.1 Key terms

You should be able to define the following terms in your own words.

• agent

• amplitude

• analogue

• ASCII

• avatar

• base 10

• base 2

• binary system

• bit (binary digit)

• bitmap

• byte

• Cartesian coordinates

• CCD

• character

• charge-coupled device

• chrominance

• cross the boundary

• CRT monitor

• digital

• decimal system

• digit

• discrete

• drawing package

• frame

• frame rate

• frequency

• greyscale

• hexadecimal

• immersive VR

• inkjet printer

• laser printer

• LCD monitor

• luminance

• model

• MP3

• Napster

• octal

• output device

• painting package

• palette

• pixel

• pixel amplitude

• plotter

• quantisation

• raster graphics

• raster scanning

• resolution

• RGB model

• sampling

• sampling rate

• semantics

• simulation

• Unicode

• vector graphics

• virtual

• virtual reality (VR)

• word