Pinstripe Creative - Multimedia Glossary

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  • Log - A journal file that reports connections to a server.
  • MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface - a standard protocol for synthesizers and computers to communicate, enabling musicians to compose on the synth keyboard and save the music information on the computer for manipulation in score writing programs.
  • MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions - recent net standard for transferring sound and pictures by e-mail.
  • MPEG - Motion Picture Expert Group - standard for encoding/decoding digital video.
  • NFS - Network File System. Standard for accessing files on a remote computer appearing as a local volume.
  • NTSC, PAL, SECAM - NTSC is the standard for video signals in the US, Japan and Canada. NTSC uses 30 fps. PAL and SECAM are international/European standards, using 25 fps.