In our world, a vector file or vector graphic is a computer generated file that can be modified and manipulated. The elements can be clicked on, moved around, changed color, deleted or skewed. If it is enlarged, say for a large billboard, it will not lose any of it's quality. The edges won't become pixelated.

Some examples why we would need your logo in a vector format are:

• To convert your logo from a 2 or 3 color logo to a 1 color logo for a 1 color application such fax template.
• If you have a 2 color logo, and were ordering some golf balls from us with your logo on it, we need to seperate your logo to make two printing plates, one for each color.
• For screen printing on t-shirts or otyher items ... each color in your logo has to be seperated for printing.

There are many types of vector files, these file extenion examples are the most common and can then be opened in a graphics program.

• .ai for Adobe Illustrator
• .cdr for Corel Draw
• .eps - Encapsulated PostScript File, which typically can be imported into eithe program above.

A common mistake that people make is to open a raster version of their logo (.jpg, .bmp, .tiff, .gif) and then "save as" one of these vector file extensions above. This is not considered to be a vector file.

A raster image is the opposite of the above vector file. Raster graphics are digital images created or captured (for example, by scanning in a photo) as a set of samples of a given space. A raster file is usually difficult to modify without loss of information, although there are software tools that can convert a raster file into a vector file for refinement and changes.

Examples of raster image file types are:

• BMP
• TIFF
• GIF
• JPG

A Domain Name or URL is the name given that identifies a website address. Example: www.omnistudios.com.

Your web site address, or domain name, is an important part of your Internet branding and Internet marketing strategy. But most people give the choice of a domain name little thought, and just register their company name or the closest domain name they can get to their company name.

The most common domain name suffixes are as follows.

• .com - global commercial
• .org - global for organizations
• .net - global for networks
• .biz - global for business

Each country also has it's own geographic domain name suffix. Here are a few examples:

• Canada - .ca
• United States - .us
• Great Britain - .uk
• Australia - .au
• Germany - .de

Talk to us and we can help you find the best options for your project.

An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a numerical identification (logical address) that is assigned to devices participating in a computer network utilizing the Internet Protocol for communication between its nodes. Although IP addresses are stored as binary numbers, they are usually displayed in human-readable notations, such as 208.77.188.166

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an Internet standard for electronic mail (e-mail) transmission across Internet Protocol (IP) networks.

While electronic mail server software uses SMTP to send and receive mail messages, user-level client mail applications typically only use SMTP for sending messages to a mail server for relaying. For receiving messages, client applications usually use either the Post Office Protocol (POP) or the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) to access their mail box accounts on a mail server.

The three most common types of servers are as follows:

• FILE SERVER, which is typically on location at an office, in which all files (word docs, graphic files, etc.) are stored and each computer ow work station would have access to it so staff can share their work.
• WEB SERVER, is a computer running special software that also hosts all of the files needed to display your website. Sucah as HTML files, images/pictures, audio/movie files and more. Without it, users wouldn't be able to find your web site.
• EMAIL SERVER, is a computer program or software agent that transfers electronic mail messages from one computer to another.

HTML, an acronym for HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for web pages. It provides a means to describe the structure of text-based information in a document, by denoting certain text as links, headings, paragraphs, lists, etc. and to supplement that text with interactive forms, embedded images, and other objects. HTML is written in the form of "tags" that are surrounded by angle brackets.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used to describe the presentation (that is, the look and formatting) of a document written in a markup language. Its most common application is to style web pages written in HTML and XHTML, but the language can be applied to any kind of XML document, including SVG and XUL.

CSS is designed primarily to enable the separation of document content (written in HTML or a similar markup language) from document presentation, including elements such as the colors, fonts, and layout. This separation can improve content accessibility, provide more flexibility and control in the specification of presentation characteristics, enable multiple pages to share formatting, and reduce complexity and repetition in the structural content (such as by allowing for tableless web design).

Digitizing is the act of turning a logo or image, into a pattern for an embroidery machine to sew a logo or image into a garment.

DNS is a hierarchical naming system for computers, services, or any resource participating in the Internet. It associates various information with domain names assigned to such participants. Most importantly, it translates domain names meaningful to humans into the numerical (binary) identifiers associated with networking equipment for the purpose of locating and addressing these devices world-wide. An often used analogy to explain the Domain Name System is that it serves as the "phone book" for the Internet by translating human-friendly computer hostnames into IP addresses. For example, www.example.com translates to 208.77.188.166.

A Web browser is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with text, images, videos, music, games and other information typically located on a Web page at a Web site on the World Wide Web or a local area network. Text and images on a Web page can contain hyperlinks to other Web pages at the same or different Web site. Web browsers allow a user to quickly and easily access information provided on many Web pages at many Web sites by traversing these links. Web browsers format HTML information for display, so the appearance of a Web page may differ between browsers. If you are visiting a particular website and it doesn't appear properly, it could be that you are using an old version of a brower. The list below shows the most common browsers and where to update tehm from for free.

Some of the most common used web browesers are:

• - Mozilla Firefox
• - Google Chrome
• - Microsoft Internet Explorer
• - Opera
• - Netscape
• - Safari for Mac

An operating system (commonly abbreviated to either OS or O/S) is an interface between hardware and user; it is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer. The operating system acts as a host for applications that are run on the machine.

Common contemporary operating systems include Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux, BSD and Solaris. Microsoft Windows has a significant majority of market share in the desktop and notebook computer markets, while servers generally run on Unix or Unix-like systems. Embedded device markets are split amongst several operating systems.

Ping is a computer network tool used to test whether a particular host is reachable across an IP network; it is also used to self test the network interface card of the computer, or as a speed test. Ping measures the round-trip time and records any packet loss, and prints when finished a statistical summary of the echo response packets received, the minimum, mean, max and in some versions the standard deviation of the round trip time.

Spam is the abuse of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited bulk messages indiscriminately. While the most widely recognized form of spam is e-mail spam.

Hosting refers to where your web site files or e-mail information is stored. If a person types in your web site address, their computer is searching the world wide web for your "hosted" files that make up your website. Once it finds these files, it displays them on thier monitor. Your files need to be "hosted" on a web server in order to be displayed on the web.