DIGITAL IMAGING - This is the collective term we use for the process of digitizing photographs, negatives or slides and then manipulating the image on screen using a computer.

DPI - Dots Per Inch, the measurement of a printers of a printer's resolution - the maximum number of dots that can be printed per square inch of the page.

DPOF - Digital Print Order Format, a feature allowing you to send images directly to the printer while controlling the quantity and order of the images being printed.

FILE SIZE - An image's resolution and dimensions determine it's file size (i.e how much storage space it takes up). It is expressed in kilobytes (k) or megabytes (Mb)

GUI - Graphical User Interface: a user friendly computer interface introduced by Apple and emulated by Microsoft's Windows, which uses symbols (icons) to represent computer functions. Opening up home computing for the masses, what we know and see as the face of modern home computing starting with the desktop icon layouts.

HARD DISK - the term used for either an internal or external rigid disc used for storing and reading computer data. It's capacity is commonly measured in megabytes or gigabytes.

IMAGE CAPACITY - refers to the camera's maximum memory capacity with the supplied memory card for images and video clips stored. This can be varied by different capacity memory cards.

IMAGE RESOLUTION - the number of dots per inch (dpi) or pixels per inch (ppi). The higher the number of pixels in an image, the more detailed it is, and therefore the higher it's resolution.

ISDN - a type of telephone line designed for transmitting digital information.

ISO - is the standard for film sensitivity relative to light levels. ISO 100, 200, 300, 400 etc. Quite simply the higher the number, the greater the sensitivity the film has to light therefore the higher the number the darker the lighting conditions it can be used in. Film quality regarding it's grain or resolution drops the higher the ISO film speed.

JPEG - a widely used method of compressing digitised image data for storage and transmission.