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The 'bleeding edge' technologies: Java, Shockwave, VRML, RealAudio, and whatever comes along next week.

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ActiveX

ActiveX is a set of technologies from Microsoft that enables interactive content for the World Wide Web. With ActiveX, Web sites come alive using multimedia effects, interactive objects, and sophisticated applications that create a user experience comparable to that of high-quality CD-ROM titles.

Java

Java is a portable, interpreted, high-performance, object-oriented programming language. It has seen and probably will see an ever increasing popularity because of these features.

JavaScript

JavaScript is Netscape's cross-platform, object-based scripting language for client and server applications. There are two kinds of JavaScript: Navigator JavaScript, or client-side JavaScript

WebAudio

WebAudio is an area which encompasses all forms or audio transmission over the Internet. This would include RealAudio, WAV, MIDI, and any other form of transmitting audio signals through the Web.

Shockwave

Shockwave is a method of delivering interactivity in the form of games, menus, movies and other items much like is found on a multimedia CD. The content is then made available to the Web with no server-side programming (aside from mime- types) and is viewed through a browser plugin. Content can contain audio, animation, and react to user input.

Streaming Video

Now, even over dial-up connections, Web surfers can watch uninterrupted streaming audio/video content that starts to play without downloading. Though there are problems with video quality and reliability, streaming technology is the only practical solution to delivering video clips on a web page.

XML

New category, links will be listed here soon.

CBA Core Bitmap Animation format

Description: CBA, Core Bitmap Animation, is a license/royalty-free raster animated graphics format.

Last checked: 9/26/2000 22:52:12