GLOSSARY OF TERMS WITH THE FOLLOWING TERMINOLOGY: -RESOLUTION -THUMBNAIL -JPEG -PNG -HASHTAG -WEBSITE TEMPLATE -IMAGE OPTIMISATION
RESOLUTION • RESOLUTION IS SIMPLY THE DETAIL AN IMAGE HOLDS. THE TERM USUALLY REFERS TO RASTER DIGITAL IMAGES, FILM IMAGES AND OTHER TYPES OF IMAGES. ALSO HIGHER RESOLUTION SPECIFICALLY MEANS MORE IMAGE DETAIL.
THUMBNAIL • THUMBNAILS ARE REDUCED-SIZE VERSIONS OF PICTURES OR VIDEOS, WHICH IS USUALLY USED TO HELP IN RECOGNIZING AND ORGANIZING THEM. SERVING THE SAME ROLE FOR IMAGES AS A NORMAL TEXT INDEX DOES FOR WORDS.
JPEG • JPEG IS TECHNICALLY AND COMMONLY A USED METHOD OF LOSSY COMPRESSION FOR DIGITAL IMAGES, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE IMAGES PRODUCED BY DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
PNG • PNG (PORTABLE NETWORK GRAPHICS) SUPPORTS PALETTE BASED IMAGES, GRAYSCALE IMAGES (WITH OR WITHOUT ALPHA CHANNEL FOR TRANSPARENCY), AND FULL-COLOUR NON PALETTE BASED RGB/RGBA IMAGES (WITH OR WITHOUT ALPHA CHANNEL) •
HASHTAG • HASHTAG IS A TYPE OF METADATA USUALLY USED ON SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS SUCH AS TWITTER AND OTHER MICROBLOGGING SERVICES, ALLOWING USERS TO SIMPLY APPLY DYNAMIC, USER GENERATED TAGGING WHICH MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR OTHERS TO EASILY FIND MESSAGES WITH A SPECIFIC THEME OR CONTENT
WEBSITE TEMPLATE • A WEBSITE TEMPLATE LETS WEB DESIGNERS AND DEVELOPERS WORK WITH WEB TEMPLATES TO AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE CUSTOM WEB PAGES, SUCH AS THE RESULTS FROM A SEARCH.
IMAGE OPTIMISATION • OPTIMISING WEB PAGES IS TECHNICALLY A PROCESS OF DELIVERING THE BEST HIGH QUALITY IMAGES IN THE RIGHT SPECIFIC FORMAT, DIMENSION, SIZE, AND ALSO RESOLUTION WHILE KEEPING THE SMALLEST POSSIBLE SIZE.