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  2. Computer graphics (computer science) - Wikipedia

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    Computer graphics studies manipulation of visual and geometric information using computational techniques. It focuses on the mathematical and computational foundations of image generation and processing rather than purely aesthetic issues. Computer graphics is often differentiated from the field of visualization, although the two fields have ...

  3. Multimedia computer - Wikipedia

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    Multimedia computer. A multimedia computer is a computer that is optimized for multimedia performance. Early home computers lacked the power and storage necessary for true multimedia. The games for these systems, along with the demo scene were able to achieve high sophistication and technical polish using only simple, blocky graphics and ...

  4. Computer-mediated communication - Wikipedia

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    Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is defined as any human communication that occurs through the use of two or more electronic devices. While the term has traditionally referred to those communications that occur via computer-mediated formats (e.g., instant messaging, email, chat rooms, online forums, social network services), it has also been applied to other forms of text-based ...

  5. Graphical user interface - Wikipedia

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    Graphical user interface. A graphical user interface (GUI) showing various elements: radio buttons, checkboxes, and other elements. A graphical user interface, or GUI ( / ˈɡuːi / [1] [2] GOO-ee ), is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary ...

  6. Multimedia studies - Wikipedia

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    Multimedia studies. Multimedia studies is an interdisciplinary field of academic discourse focused on the understanding of technologies and cultural dimensions of linking traditional media sources with ones based on new media to support social systems.

  7. Run-length encoding - Wikipedia

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    Run-length encoding ( RLE) is a form of lossless data compression in which runs of data (consecutive occurrences of the same data value) are stored as a single occurrence of that data value and a count of its consecutive occurrences, rather than as the original run. As an imaginary example of the concept, when encoding an image built up from ...

  8. Media (communication) - Wikipedia

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    In communication, media are the outlets or tools used to store and deliver content; semantic information or subject matter of which the media contains. [1] [2] The term generally refers to components of the mass media communications industry, such as print media, publishing, news media, photography, cinema, broadcasting ( radio and television ...

  9. HDMI - Wikipedia

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    High-Definition Multimedia Interface ( HDMI) is a proprietary audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from an HDMI-compliant source device, such as a display controller, to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device. [3]