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Animation: The drawing (either electronically or on a physical medium) of motion. Usually animation is completed in a frame-by-frame process.

Naturalistic Animation: An aesthetic tenet of animation which advocates that animation replicate live-action film/video as much as possible: cartoon characters should resemble objects in reality and our view of the . . . View Full Definition

Abstract Animation: An aesthetic tenet of animation which sees animation as consisting of lines, shapes and colors, abstract forms to be manipulated by the animator at will. The opposite of naturalistic animation.

Frame Rate: A term that describes the smoothness of motion in a game. The image on a television screen is really a series of still images shown in rapid succession, about 33 FPS (Frames Per Second). Hig . . . View Full Definition

Cut Scene: A non-interactive animation, often accompanied by voice and/or music, to further the storyline between play segments. (Oddly, the name means something else altogether in Hollywood - in Holly . . . View Full Definition

Choppy: Usually used to describe the quality of the animation in a game, indicating that it is of uneven quality.

Janky: A derogatory term used to describe something that is 'not quite right.' Very often associated with graphics, or animation that is less than perfect.

JAVA: A high-level programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. Java was originally called OAK, and was designed for handheld devices and set-top boxes. Oak was unsuccessful so in 1995 Sun . . . View Full Definition

Applet: An applet is a small program generally written in the Java programming language that was designed to provide interactivity on web pages.

Animated Gif (Gif89a): A GIF animation tool that creates sequences of images to simulate animation and allows for transparent Background colors. Animated GIF's can generate higher response rates than static banners.