Encyclopedia of Interactive Media
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| Satellite
Radio Satellite Radio is the radio of the future. This unique type of radio is broadcast from the earth to a satellite back down to earth for a receiver to pick up the signal and translate it into audio. This is the first paid subscription type of radio and the first commercial free radio. --more-- |
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| Section 508
Section 508 is an amendment to the Workforce Rehabilitation Act. Section 508 requires that all electronic and information technology is to be developed is readily accessible to those people who have a disability. --more-- |
Semiology Interaction with computers relies heavily on semiology. "Computational semiotics is understood as the utilization and evaluation of semiotic theories for the analysis, design, and development of new media computing systems." |
| Sensorama Morton Heilig was a Hollywood based cinematographer and part time inventor that had visions beyond his time. Resembling an arcade game, Morton Heilig invented his dream machine that he called Sensorama in 1956. Sensorama was a multi-sensory experience that users could experience for just a nickel! --more-- |
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| SMIL SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language), was approved by the World Wide Web Consortium in 1998 as the standard markup language for streaming multimedia presentations.The easiest comparison which makes the description simple, is that HTML is the language used for the layout of web pages with text and graphics, SMIL is the language used to layout video presentations like those you'd find using RealPlayer G2 and, now QuickTime 5. --more-- |
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| Spoofing Email spoofing is the practice of changing your name in email so that it looks like the email came from somewhere or someone else. Spoofing is generally used by spammers as a first defense against people finding out who they are. It's also used by general malcontents to practice mischievous and malicious behavior.Spoofing is the creation of TCP/IP packets using somebody else's IP address. Routers use the "destination IP" address in order to forward packets through the Internet, but ignore the "source IP" address. That address is only used by the destination machine when it responds back to the source. --more-- |
Sticky Web Sites Sticky website is the new "it" word when dealing with websites. Basically a sticky website is a site that people spend lots of time with or return frequently. --more-- |
| Storyboard Storyboards are used as a visual representation of a script for a production (eg.commercial, movie, cartoon). During pre-production a storyboard is created and analyzed to understand all of the script details. --more-- |
Sutherland, Ivan Ivan Sutherland is considered a pioneer in the realm of computer graphics. He developed several 3D graphics techniques still in use today, especially techniques using polygons as the simplest graphical element. He is also considered the inventor of the window, a separate work space in a GUI. |