I was talking with one of my fellow Learning Technologists the
other day and mentioned that I’d ‘googled’ something.
Technically I’m not sure whether ‘googling’ and ‘googled’ are
actually words but it did get me to thinking about some of the
technical jargon that I use in my daily work. I’ve made a list
below of some of the common words (and their definitions) that I
use regularly: - CSS – Cascading StyleSheets. This can be
applied to HTML to define the appearance of a website. - ePub –
Electronic Publication. This file format is the industry
standard for creating e-books. It can be used across a range of
devices and formatted to display accurately to that device. -
GIF – Graphics Interface Format. Web friendly file format
suitable for graphics only and can support limited animation.
HTML- HyperText Markup Language. The language used to create
websites. - JPEG (JPG) - Joint Photographic Experts Group. Web
and print friendly file format most commonly used for
photographic images. - MP3 – Common audio file form