Key terms & definitions

A lamp containing a thin wire that becomes hot enough to glow when current passes through it.

A lamp containing a thin metal wire that becomes hot enough to emit light when current passes through it.

Programming operations used to access and manage data stored in external files, including opening, reading, writing and closing.

The organisation and handling of stored files and folders, including saving, finding, renaming and deleting them.

A setting used when opening a file that determines how it will be accessed, such as for reading, writing or appending.

A setting that determines whether a user or group may perform an action on a file, such as reading, writing, deleting or executing it.

The process of repairing a damaged file or extracting as much usable data from it as possible.

A server that provides file storage and retrieval services to clients.

The amount of data stored in a file, measured in units such as bits or bytes.

A duty owed by a child to a parent, including the expectation of respect and obedience.

Loyalty owed by a child to a parent.

Respect and obedience towards parents and ancestors, an important principle in traditional Confucian teaching.

A tactic used in the US Senate to delay or prevent a vote on legislation through prolonged debate.

Decoration made by attaching very fine metal wires to an object's surface.

Removing small amounts of material using the teeth of a file to adjust a shape or smooth an edge.

The Latin phrase meaning ‘and the Son’, added in Western Christianity to the creed's statement about the Holy Spirit proceeding from the Father.

A circle that shows an endpoint is included in a solution set.

A metal added to a joint during joining; in brazing it melts while the parent metals remain solid.

Removing flesh from the bones of a fish to produce a fillet.

A very thin, flexible sheet of polymer, commonly supplied on a roll.

The social, cultural, historical, political, technological and institutional circumstances that influence a film’s production or are reflected in its story.

The analysis and evaluation of a film, including arguments about how it creates meaning and how viewers may respond.

The expressive elements used to construct a film, including cinematography, mise-en-scène, editing and sound.

A physical place used to film a scene, which may represent a different place in the story.

A style associated with dark lighting, threatening environments, mistrust and characters caught in dangerous situations; it often uses flashback and voice-over.

A piece of writing that discusses and evaluates a particular film, offering the writer’s judgement of it.

An organisation that makes films, providing or arranging the resources needed for production.

A film’s characteristic way of combining cinematography, mise-en-scène, editing and sound.

A spreadsheet operation that displays only records meeting chosen conditions, while hiding rather than deleting the other records.

The fluid formed when small molecules are filtered out of the blood; useful substances can still be reabsorbed from it.