Small programs written in Java, which are downloaded as needed and executed with a webpage or browser.

Audio file format used by Unix servers, the majority of Web servers. Most Web browsers can read this

High-quality audio format developed by Apple Computer.

Standard Windows file format for video files.

Style sheet language that provides the formatting and "look" of a Web page or document written in a markup language.

A compression/decompression algorithm used by modern video and audio player plug-ins.

Storage space on a computer hard disk used to temporarily store downloaded data.

Always changing.

File format used for importing and exporting graphics.

Reacting to particular user actions or the browser's completion of a specific task.

An HTML5 application programming interface that allows developers to retrieve the geographical location information for a client-side device.

A graphical image file format commonly used in HTML documents.

The characteristic of some hardware and software, such as computers, games and multimedia systems, that allows them to respond differently based on a user's actions.

An object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems that is fully cross-platform functional.

A graphical image file format commonly used for photographs.

The Netscape-developed scripting language that was the predecessor to JavaScript.

A type of data file compression in which all original data can be recovered when the file is decompressed.

A type of data file compression in which some file information is permanently eliminated.

High-quality audio and video file compression format.

Popular compression standard for audio files; retains most of the sound quality of the source.

A standard computer interface for creating and playing electronic music. It allows computers to re-create music in digital format for playback.

An element on a Web page that contains data and procedures for how that item will react when activated. On a Web page, an object is typically a multimedia presentation.

Programming concept based on objects and data and how they relate to one another, instead of logic and actions; C++ and Java are example languages.

A free, open-source alternative to the MP3 compression format for audio files; creates smaller, faster downloading files.

A program installed in the browser to extend its basic functionality. Allows different file formats to be viewed as part of a standard HTML document.

A file format that can be transferred across platforms and retain its formatting.

An open source graphical image file format created to replace GIFs.

A plug-in developed by Apple Computer for storing movie and audio files in digital format.

Standard file format for Apple; uses the .mov, .moov or .qt file name extension.

Portable text file format created by Microsoft that allows image insertion and text formatting; an almost universal format.

A continuous flow of data, usually audio or video files, that assists with the uninterrupted delivery of those files into a browser.

Commonly used graphic file format, developed by Aldus Corporation.

Resizable images that are saved as a sequence of vector statements, which describes a series of points to be connected.

A scaled-down version of an application; designed to view and print files.

The Microsoft graphical user interface (GUI) programming language used for developing Windows applications. A modified version of the BASIC programming language.

Scripting language from Microsoft derived from Visual Basic; used to manipulate ActiveX scripts.

Windows standard format for audio files.

An open-source image file format that provides lossless and lossy compression for images on the Web.

A superset of the C language that uses object-oriented programming. Although the names are similar, it uses a completely different set of programming concepts than C uses and is considered the best language for creating large applications.