Internet Chapter 5
MIDI files are much smaller than WAV files and are, therefore, often used on the Web.
All uses of multimedia elements do not present a copyright violation.
Downloading text from the Web to your computer’s hard drive creates a new, intermediate level of ownership that did not exist before the emergence of the Web.
There are a number of search engines on the Web that specialize in finding people and businesses.
As you collect research information on the Web, you should record the URL’s of the Web sites you use, names of any Web sites you use, and Web page design applications used to create the pages you find.
In addition to library catalogs and indexes to other information, the Web contains a number of text resources, including encyclopedias, glossaries, and thesauri.
To develop an opinion about the quality of a Web resource you can evaluate its authorship, content, and appearance.
A Web site that does not identify its author has no credibility as a research resource.
Streaming transmission allows you to access very large audio or video files in much less time than the download-then-play procedure requires.
Most keyboard synthesizers use MIDI so that music recorded on one synthesizer can be played on others.
Windows computers require no additional software to play Microsoft’s AVI video format files.
To play RealAudio files, which you can recognize by their .real or .ra file extensions, you must download and install one of the Real file players from the firm’s Web site.
The animated GIF format has a limited ability to present moving graphics and cannot store audio information along with the video animation.
No clear standards have emerged for the use of video or audio files on the Web.
Search engines rely on HTML image tags that Web page builders include in their HTML documents that contain terms that describe the image.
Most images on the Web are in the GIF and JPEG file format.
The GIF file format can store up to 256 different colors.
The GIF file format is widely used on the Internet for images such as line drawings.
GIF is an older image file format that does a very good job of compressing small-or medium-sized files.
HTM is not a file format in use for graphic images on the Web.
The JPEG file format can store up to 16.7 million different colors.
JPEG is a newer, compressed image file format that stores many more colors than the GIF format and yields a higher, photographic-quality image.
Web sites that store directory information about businesses only are often called yellow pages.
The Internet Public Library site includes hyperlinks to hundreds of international and domestic newspapers.
Many broadcast news, wire services, and newspapers Web sites include search features that allow you to search the site for specific news stories.