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  2. Computer keyboard - Wikipedia

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    History. Typewriters are the definitive ancestor of all key-based text entry devices, but the computer keyboard as a device for electromechanical data entry and communication largely comes from the utility of two devices: teleprinters (or teletypes) and keypunches. It was through such devices that modern computer keyboards inherited their layouts.

  3. DVD - Wikipedia

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    The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) [9] [10] is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kind of digital data and has been widely used to store video programs (watched using DVD players ...

  4. Video editing - Wikipedia

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    Video editing. Video editing is the post-production and arrangement of video shots. To showcase perfect video editing to the public, video editors must be reasonable and ensure they have a superior understanding of film, television, and other sorts of videography. [1] Video editing structures and presents all video information, including films ...

  5. Uses and gratifications theory - Wikipedia

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    Uses and gratifications theory is a communication theory that describes the reasons and means by which people seek out media to meet specific needs. The theory postulates that media is a highly available product, that audiences are the consumers of the product, and that audiences choose media to satisfy given needs as well as social and psychological uses, such as knowledge, relaxation, social ...

  6. Multimedia library - Wikipedia

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    Multimedia library. A multimedia library is a public institution functioning as a library, containing not only paper and electronic books, newspapers and magazines, but also multimedia materials like videos (movies, documentaries) and sound recordings (music, audio books). [1] A multimedia library is distinct from a hybrid library, which ...

  7. Propaganda through media - Wikipedia

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    Propaganda is a form of persuasion that is often used in media to further some sort of agenda, such as a personal, political, or business agenda, by evoking an emotional or obligable response from the audience. [1] It includes the deliberate sharing of realities, views, and philosophies intended to alter behavior and stimulate people to act.

  8. Growth medium - Wikipedia

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    A growth medium or culture medium is a solid, liquid, or semi-solid designed to support the growth of a population of microorganisms or cells via the process of cell proliferation [1] or small plants like the moss Physcomitrella patens. [2] Different types of media are used for growing different types of cells. [3]

  9. Real-Time Streaming Protocol - Wikipedia

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    RFC (s) RFC 2326, 7826. The Real-Time Streaming Protocol ( RTSP) is an application-level network protocol designed for multiplexing and packetizing multimedia transport streams (such as interactive media, video and audio) over a suitable transport protocol. RTSP is used in entertainment and communications systems to control streaming media servers.