webcast
a streamed broadcast as opposed to a downloadable file
bandwidth
the amount of data that can be delivered in a set amount of time, usually measured as the number of bits (or megabytes) per second
URL
uniform/universal resource locator – the address of a website
hyperlink
a short text indicating the URL of a website
preparation/creation
the planning component of a webcast
production
the capture component of a webcast
encoding
the compression and reduction of data size for webcasting
connection
the way a recipient accesses a webcast
pixel
picture element
CCD
charge coupled device: a type of image sensor in a camera
CMOS
Complimentary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor: a type of image senor in a camera
phi phenomenon
the phenomenon in which our brain perceives motion when presented with multiple still images
persistence of vision
the phenomenon that our retina continues to perceive an image after the image no longer enters the eye
video codec
video compressor-decompressor
video format
the wrapper for video data
stream
to send data in real time from a server to a client computer
server
the system that handles delivery of audio/video data over the internet
client
the computer that makes requests and receives data from a server
channel
a specific URL carrying a stream of data
connection request
a message from a remote system asking to be connected to a data stream