| JavaScript |
By Marcus Eatmon
• History of JavaScript
• How JavaScript Relates to Java
• The Document Object Model
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| Sound |
By Miguel Urbina
• The Future of Digital Music
• The MP3 File Format
• The Napstar Controversy
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| Pictures |
By David Zavala
• Compression in GIF and JPG
• History of GIF Formats
• Why PNG may (or may not) Replace GIF
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| Animation |
By Mattie Lee Holman
• Flash and Shockwave
• Persistence of Vision
• Traditional and Digital Animation
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| Engineering |
By Demond Fagan
• HTTP
• TCP/IP
• Webserver
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| HTML |
By Ericka Wilkins
• Hypertext
• History of HTML
• How HTML Works
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JavaScript
The History of JavaScript
The history of JavaScript begins with Java. Java was originally developed for use in consumer electronics. Java ha become the standard for Internet programming. It was designed to run on a virtual machine. A virtual machine is a piece of software that interprets the Java code and acts on it as if it were a computer in itself.(complete article)
The Document Object Model
The Document Object Model (DOM) is a simple, hierarchical naming system that makes all of the objects in the page, such as images, forms, and CSS properties, accessible to scripting languages like JavaScript. It defines the logical structure of documents and the way a document is accessed and manipulated.
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How JavaScript Relates to Java
You cannot talk about JavaScript without at least mentioning Java and there distinct differences. From the names one would think that Java and JavaScript are very similar, when in fact they are very different. JavaScript is a scripting language that was developed by Netscape Communications, and was originally called LiveScript and later changed.
(complete article)
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