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Glossary 411
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email to be collected by the provider's email server and loaded into your email
program.
Project
A "Disc project" includes everything that you want to put on your CD and DVD.
This normally contains one or more movies and includes a menu
structure/menu design which allows you to choose a movie later on the CD or
DVD.
Provider
A provider or ISP (Internet Service Provider) offers Internet services like
webhosting or domains (DNS). In relation to the MAGIX Website Service,
MAGIX is the provider.
R
RAM (Random Access Memory)
This is a hardware component of a computer. RAM is needed to temporarily
save files. This type of storage is erased when the computer is shut down or
reset. The larger this storage is, the faster you can work with programs to
change and save files.
Ratio:
The aspect ratio is the ratio between the height and width of a rectangle. In
practice these are photos, screens or projection screens. This method can also
be used to describe the aspect ratio of pixels.
Here are some examples of typical aspect ratios: at home 4:3, 16:9 (typical for
TV sets), or 16:10 (widescreen flat screens, widescreen notebooks), 3:2 for 35
mm films and photos. In cinemas you mostly find 1.85:1
Red Book
Specific standards have been established for the different CD types in order to
unify their data structure and to make them compatible with the different CD
drives. Their names refer to the color of the books where these standards were
written.
The term "Red Book" is common language for the Compact Disc Audio
Standard. The requirements listed here have to be observed for industrial CP
production. Audio CD players only read CDs created according to the Red