Autodesk 64006-051108-9001 User Guide - Page 269

261 KiloByte (KB) - unit of measure for computer data. This unit is frequently used to designate file sizes. A KiloByte (with a capital "K" and "B") is 1024 Bytes. KBytes/sec is short for KiloBytes per second, a unit of data rate measurement frequently used in multimedia. Kinoma - a movie format used for playback on any Palm handheld device, or any handheld device that runs the Palm Operating System. Besides audio and video encoding, Kinoma provides control over the presentation of the video including background image, background color, and layout of the elements. LAN (Local Area Network) - network that connects computers within a geographically small region, often within just one building. Letterbox - to add black bars to the tops and bottoms of images that are a different aspect ratio than the display monitor. Many films are shot on wider formats than the NTSC 4:3 aspect ratio. When these movies are played on a television, black bars can be added to the top and bottom to preserve the entire original image. The other option of handling different aspect ratios is to Pan and Scan the image to make it the same ratio as the television. Because computers can play back content of any aspect ratio, it is generally better to supply video at its original aspect ratio. See also Pan and Scan. Live - video or information that is captured, compressed and distributed in real time, such as live news broadcasts. This is the opposite of On-Demand. Live Action - video that is shot on location or in a studio that contains real-world subjects, such as people, places, etc. The term live-action video is usually used to differentiate between realworld video and computer generated video. Local Area Network - see LAN. Lossless - process in which no information is lost. Saving a file repeatedly with lossless compression will not affect the image quality. The QuickTime Animation codec set to 100% quality is lossless.