RAM
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY – it’s the memory standard for computers today.
ROM
READ ONLY MEMORY – is a type of computer memory containing prerecorded data.
GUI
GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE – mouse/ click and drag
Binary
bits (b) bytes (B) nibble and word
CPU
Central Processing Unit – interprets and executes the instructions of a command or program.
Motherboard
the main circuit board of a PC.
OS
OPERATING SYSTEM – the most definitive program on a computer.
Serial Bus
uses a single wire to transmit data one individual bit at a time.
Parallel Bus
enlists multiple wires, enabling the transmission of more than one bit at a given time.
Three Act Paradigm
3 acts composed of the (1) hook, exposition, plot point 1,(2) midpoint, climax, and (3) resolution.
Hook
grabs the viewers attention
Exposition
exposes the who what when where
Plot Point 1
Major event that moves the viewer into act 2
Midpoint
aka the point of no return/ the halfway point in the second act
Climax
highest dramatic tension
Resolution
shows what happened to characters after the climax
Protagonist
character that changes throughout the movie
Antagonist
Character that causes a change in another character
Storyboard
the main images of film or multimedia set up in a comic book fashion layout
Animatics
moving storyboards
Flowcharts
used in multimedia to help organize design thoughts
Signal Chart
similar to flow chart but helps with wires and cables
Node
two notes 180 degrees will cancel each other out
Anti-Node
reinforces the notes and makes the waves louder
Anti-Node
reinforces the notes and makes the waves louder
Speed of Sound
770 MPH or 1,130 feet per second
Speed of Sound
770 MPH or 1,130 feet per second
Amplitude
Loudness (human range is 1/4dB to 140dB
Amplitude
Loudness (human range is 1/4dB to 140dB
Frequency
number of cycles per second… measured in HZ (human range from 20HZ-20,000HZ)
Transmission
sound puts barrier into motion
Diffraction
sound bends around obstacles
Reverberation
multiple reflections from many boundaries
Nikola Tesla
predicted wireless communication in the early 1890’s
Guglielmo Marconi
successfully invented and patented first wireless communication (radio) in 1896
Speed of Light
186,000 miles per second
HUE
the dominant wavelength in visible light