Glossary of Technical Terms

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Template:
A preformatted layout, used to save time when setting up and/or printing pictures and text.
Three-filter Method:
The process whereby color images are produced, usually in scanners, by illuminating the object to be imaged with white light which is made to pass through three successive colored filters.
Three-light Method:
The process whereby color images are produced, usually in scanners, by successively illuminating the object to be imaged with three colors, usually red, green, and blue. Contrast with three-filter method.
Thumbnail:
A smaller version of an image made from the image itself, allows an application to give a quick representation of an image.
TIFF (Tagged Image File Format):
A lossless (quality is not reduced upon saving) file format. Tiff is an industry standard for top quality photos.
Timestamp:
Date and time information for when a file was created or last modified in the operating system, or when the image was created by a device (metadata information).
Toolbar:
An area of a program window that uses icons and/or text to access commonly used commands.
Transparency:
The degree of visibility of a pixel against a fixed background. A totally transparent pixel is invisible. See also alpha channel.
Trial:
In computers this is a limited version of an appliction provided for free. The application is either feature or time restricted.
Trichromatic Colorimetric:
Color models that use three color channels to specify a color. The RGB color model is a trichromatic colorimetric system.
Truecolor Display:
A term used to imply that a device is capable of displaying 2^24 (16,777,216) colors or more (said to match or exceed the color-resolving power of the human eye). Truecolor formerly referred to any device capable of displaying 2^15 (32,768) colors or more, but hicolor more accurately describes the display of 2^15 (32,768) or 2^16 (65,536) colors.
TTF:
True Type Font. A font that can displayed at any size or style without affecting the quality of display. These fonts are preffered by graphic designers.
TWAIN:
An interface standard for scanners and certain digital cameras.