topical media & game development

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Now, don't hesitate, put yourself to the test and check which phrases and acronyms you are familiar with in the lists given for the subjects of digital convergence, broadband communication and information retrieval.

digital convergence

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How did you succeed thus far? If you did well, try the second round and test yourself in what detail you have have knowledge about technologies mentioned.

broadband communication

  • concepts -- QOS
  • facts
  • history -- the internet
  • applications
  • standards -- TCP/IP, RTP
  • technology -- cable, (X)DSL
  • multimedia -- streaming ...

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Finally, check to what extent you master the vocabulary of multimedia information retrieval.

multimedia information retrieval

  • concepts -- features, precision, recall
  • facts -- complexity
  • history -- ???
  • applications
  • standards
  • technology
  • multimedia

If you are working online, you may click back to the text in the book that explains these notions. Just to make sure whether your impression of familiarity was justified.



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