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Glossary

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

B

bit rate

The number of bits transferred per second.

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C

clip

Small segment of a larger video file.

content

Audio, video, images, text, or any other information that is contained in a digital media file or stream.

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E

Extensible Markup Language (XML)

A markup language that provides a format for describing structured data. XML is a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) specification, and is a subset of Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML).

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F

frame rate

The number of video frames displayed per second. Higher frame rates generally produce smoother movement in the picture.

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P

presentation

In Microsoft Producer, the final version of a project that is published. A presentation contains any slides, video, audio, HTML code, still images, presentation templates, or other digital media files that have been added to the timeline.

profile

A group of settings that match content type and bit rate with appropriate audio and video codecs.

project file

The file that contains information about the files that have been imported into or captured in the current project, and how files or clips have been arranged.

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S

source

Audio and video content that can be captured and encoded from devices installed on your computer or from a file.

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T

timeline

The area of the user interface that shows the timing and arrangement of files or clips that make up a project.

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U

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

The address of a resource on a network. It conforms to the protocol://servername/resource syntax, where protocol is the name of the protocol used (such as http), servername is the name of the server, and resource is the directory path and file name of the resource. If a resource is not specified, a default one is often provided by the server.

URL

See definition for: Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

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W

Windows Media file

A file containing audio, video, or script data that is stored in Windows Media Format. Depending on their content and purpose, Windows Media files use a variety of file name extensions, such as: .wma, .wme, .wms, .wmv, .wmx, .wmz, or .wvx.

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X

XML

See definition for: Extensible Markup Language (XML)

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