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Animation		Data made up of moving graphics

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Character set		A list of al the characters, symbols and numbers which can be produced by a keyboard.
Clip art		Images on backing storage or on the World Wide Web which may be added to a document.
Crop graphic		to reduce the size of a graphic by cutting parts from the edges of the graphic.

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Digital still camera		A digital camera mainly used for taking still photographs.
Digital video camera		A digital camera mainly used for taking movies.
Digitise		Converting an analogue quantity into a digital one. Digitising a picture breaks into dots and each dot (or pixel) is given a digital value for brightness and colour e.g. using a scanner or digital still camera.

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Graphic		A picture or a chart on a computer screen.
Graphics card		A graphics card is a device which controls the quality of the output on the monitor.
Graphics package		A piece of software which allows free drawing using a hand held pointer on a board.
Graphics tablet		An input device which allows free drawing using a hand held pointer on a board.

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Light pen		An input device which is used scan bar codes or to input data to a screen.

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Multimedia		The presentation of information by a computer system using graphics, animation, sound and text.

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Photographic		A type of data produced by a digital still camera. A bit mapped graphic image.
Pixel		Stands for PIcture ELement
Plotter		An output device which draws on paper using pens. Mainly used for CAD.

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Rotate graphic		To turn a graphic around.

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Scale graphic		Change the size of a graphic by enlarging or reducing.
Scanner		An input device which allows printed text or graphics to be displayed on the screen. May be used with OCR software.

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