Stock Photo

A photograph that is purchased and licensed for exclusive use by an individual or business.

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RAW Image

A digital image captured by a digital camera or scanner that has not been processed in any way by the camera software.

Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

A term that means the smallest amount of work that can be done to move a project forward.

Descenders

The portion of a letter such as y, p, q or j that hangs below the baseline of the text.

Repetition

The use of repeating elements and motifs for decorative purposes. In design, repetition occurs in many ways. It can be achieved by using a shape or design element in a pattern, and it can also be achieved through the use of multiple shapes or motifs that have similarities

Centre Aligned

A layout where all the content, mostly text, is aligned to the centre. The overall purpose of a Centre Alignment is to make it easier for users to read and scroll through content.

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.

Scope Creep

Scope creep is when the scope of a project starts to grow without any agreement on how it's going to be paid for. Creep happens because items and features are tacked on top of the original scope of work agreed upon in the original contract.

Isolation Effect

A psychological principle which predicts that when multiple homogeneous stimuli are presented, the stimulus which differs from the rest is most likely to be remembered. In other words, people tend to remember items in isolation more than those of a similar nature or objects in clusters. This phenomenon has been applied in designing websites and software with various levels of success.

CSS

CSS or Cascading Style Sheets are a language for describing the look and formatting of HTML elements in a webpage.

Right-aligned

Text that flows from right to left and is the default reading direction of a page with its content aligned on the right margin.

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