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CDF

Microsoft developed the now obsolete channel definition format (CDF) as an application of the eXtensible markup language (XML) as a standard for push media. The media could be considered very close in relation to the more commonly used RSS standard.

CDF was abandoned when Microsoft dropped support for it in Internet Explorer 7.0.

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Frame

A formatting device that allows a web page to be viewed in separate, independently scrollable windows.

Since each frame houses its own HTML document, frames allow multiple documents to be viewed within a single browser window.

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MP3

MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3) is an audio compression format that creates files that can be easily sent or downloaded across the internet.

Using ripper and encoder applications, CD tracks can be converted to MP3 and reduced in size by a factor of 12. MP3 files have varying degrees of sound quality, depending on the encoding settings that are used during the compression process.

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PMS


The Pantone Matching System (PMS) is a popular system for printing inks. Often a printer has two choices for creating an ink color:process color and spot color. Process color uses a mixture of four specific colors – cyan, magenta, yellow, and black – to create the desired shade. Spot color uses a matching system to create the shade. By specifying the official Pantone name or number, you can be assured of the color match when the file is printed.

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Tabular Data Control


Tabular Data Control is a Microsoft ActiveX control that will sort through a data file, extrapolate the necessary information, and produce that information in specified areas on the web page. This will create output either all at once, in tabular form, or according to user-defined settings (through a scripting language). As a web production tool, the tabular data control can minimize production by allowing a page to be built once and then pouring subsequent information into it as desired. Once the web page is built using the tabular data control, you only have to worry about putting the information in a format the control can easily read.