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Radio Button
In an online form, radio buttons looks like the following:
If you click your mouse on the radio buttons above, you will only be
able to select one answer. A radio button is different from a check
box, which can accept multiple checked items at a time.
RGB
Stands for the colors Red-Green-Blue. In web design
and design for computer monitors, colors are defined in terms of a combination
of these three colors. For example, the RGB abbreviation for the color
blue shown below is 0-0-255. In contrast, print designers typically
define colors using CMYK.
Rich Media
Typically, a web site or banner ads that use technology more advanced
than standard GIF animation. Rich media banners include: Flash, Shockwave,
streaming video, Real Audio/Video, pull-down menus, search boxes, applets
that allow for interactivity, and other types of special effects.
Royalty-Free Photos or Images
Photos, graphic images, or other intellectual property that are sold
for a single standard fee and may be used repeatedly by the purchaser.
Typically with royalty-free clauses, the company that sells you the
images still owns all of the rights to the images, and they are allowed
for use only by the purchaser (i.e., the same images cannot be used
by another company or individual without repurchase).
Rules
Rules, or horizontal rules, are HTML tags enable you to insert horizontal
lines as separators or dividers. Web graphic designers will vary the
length and color of horizontal rules to add emphasis and flair. The
following gray line is a horizontal rule set at a width of 50 percent.
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