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A podcast is an audio presentation that can be listened to through a computer or a portable media player. The term is a compression of the words iPod (the most popular portable player) and broadcast....

A database is a collection of related records that are stored in a computer and can be extracted using criteria the user specifies. A common type is a relational database, which uses tables to...

Audacity is an audio editing software program that can be downloaded and used free of charge. Relatively simple to learn and use on either PCs or Macs, it has been widely adopted by journalists for...

Voice-over is narration on a video or slide show, often provided by a reporter, that provides context for an online news package. A voice-over, or V/O, ties together images as well as other audio,...

Panning is the action a videographer takes in moving the camera horizontally, usually from a fixed position, and resulting in a panoramic shot. By contrast, the movement of a video camera up and down...

A slideshow is an online series of still images used to tell a story, usually with captions and often with audio. Slideshows (the term pays homage to those old transparencies shown with carousel...

Usability refers to how easily and intuitively a user can interact with a Web site. Highly usable sites allow users to to quickly and easily accomplish tasks -- find a story about a particular sports...