Pinstripe Creative - Multimedia Glossary

EPS (Encapsulated Postscript) - graphics file format often used in desktop publishing packages, like PageMaker.
Firewire - emerging serial interface technology that allows connection of devices at speeds up to 50 Mbytes/s. Used for devices such as video cameras so that they can feed real time video to a computer. Also allows devices to be hotswapped (added and removed without rebooting).
FTP - FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol and is a method for retrieving files from a remote Internet site. Many sites out there allow what is termed an 'anonymous' connection. In other words, there exists a special username called 'anonymous' so that the site can act as a library of useful public domain programs and documents.
Frame rate - number of images per second displayed in a stream of video. 30 fps (see above) is considered full-motion, television-quality video.
Graphical User Interface (GUI) - A computer interface using point-and-click mouse actions (rather than the keyboard exclusively) and pictures (rather than text exclusively). Windows, Macintosh, Netscape and Mosaic are examples of GUI products.
GIF - A graphic format suited for flat color images and drawings, an acronym that stands for Graphics Interchange Format.