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Resolution

The measure of a device or computer system's ability to capture fine detail. A higher number of pixels can provide more details and finer images on the screen.

Avatar

A graphical representation of the user on a device, used to represent various users in different contexts. It can be a photo, image or drawing.

Fishbone Diagram

Also known as an Ishikawa diagram, is a widely used technique in project management. The diagram provides a means of evaluating the cause-and-effect relationship between the various activities necessary for completing a project by visualising all activities in the project as bones that interconnect on an anterior and posterior spine, with causality flowing from one to another.

Negative Space

The unused or empty space in a composition of images, either two-dimensional (as with paintings) or three-dimensional (as with sculptures).

Font Colour

Also known as text colour, is a visible attribute of text determined by the combination of text and background colour.

Body Copy

The main text of an advertisement or editorial as opposed to headings and subheadings.

Web Page Elements

A textual or graphical component in a web page.

Empathy

A type of understanding that is achieved by taking the perspective of another individual. Different people's perspectives often have different needs and values, so empathy can help you understand those differences.

Hero Image

The primary graphic that appears at the top of a webpage, designed to grab people's attention.

Monospace

A style of typeface that uses a width-to-height ratio of 1:1.

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