Pinstripe Creative - Multimedia Glossary

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  • DHTML - Dynamic HTML; The fusion of XHTML, the DOM, Cascading Style Sheets, and JavaScript to create a dynamic and interactive Web document.
  • Digitizing tablet - pen-based input system, resembling a sketch pad. The pressure of the pen on the tablet is translated in electronic dot patterns. Many delivery companies, such as UPS, use tablet technology to record signatures upon package receipt.
  • DNS (Domain Name System) - The Internet naming scheme which consists of a hierarchical sequence of names, from the most specific to the most general (left to right), separated by dots, for example nic.ddn.mil.
  • DPI - Dots per inch - the resolution of a computer monitor.
  • DTD - Document Type Definition. A document that describes the structure of a Web page written in XML.