A new chapter – Multimedia Terminology, added to the NTC Hosting Encyclopedia. Learn more about the GIF, PNG, JPG, TIFF image file formats
True to our determination to keep introducing you to the basics of the web, we have opened a new chapter in our NTC Hosting Encyclopedia, named Multimedia Terminology. This is our first serious step to going deep into the secrets of interactivity – the amazing capability of the web that makes our contact with the global virtual environment a truly intuitive experience.
We are all fond of browsing through web pages and our addiction to web surfing is growing every day with the ongoing fast-paced development of interactivity techniques. What distinguishes an interactive web page from the other web pages flooding the web? This is the effective combination between attractive multimedia content and behind-the-scenes scripting. While scripting is the fundamental side of interactive web development, multimedia content is what actually catches the web surfer’s eye and stimulates repeat visits to websites. This is understandable since multimedia includes all types of media files such as text, graphics, animation, audio, video, etc., integrated into a website’s layout i.e. all the content that is immediately visible upon loading a web page.
What are the basic types of multimedia content and how do they contribute to making any dynamic website such an attractive and entertaining place to visit? In the new chapter of our NTC Hosting Encyclopedia we’ll be continually adding answers to any of your multimedia-related questions. To start with, we have prepared for you articles about the basic image file formats as a preferred means of representing information to the website visitors that help for transmitting pictures from the real world onto the web.
You will find useful details about GIF, the oldest and presently the most preferred animated image format on the web, JPG – the top format for reproducing photography color images, the PNG lossless format recommended for detail-dependent images, as well as the less popular TIFF lossless format for digital photographs and line art graphics. In addition, we have included an article focused on the long and ever-increasing list of text font types as one of the main factors for the great diversity of websites that the web is interspersed with today.
Stay tuned for more new continuous additions to the Multimedia Terminology chapter of our Encyclopedia, which is aimed at giving you an overall idea of the interactive nature of the World Wide Web.
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