New media technology definitions

Portability:
It is the way in which technology is carried around or transferred.

Convergence:
Bringing together two or more technologies in the same device, e.g mobile phone with a camera.

Interactivity:
the audience participate in new ways with media e.g. use the red button on Sky.

Compatibility:

software can be used on one or more system, and easily carried around. e.g a Data pen can be used on all sorts of computers.

Storage:

devises that can store media data e.g ipods, computers etc.

Miniaturisation:

that the technology is getting smaller making it portabal.

Digital:

The way in which data of all types can be transmitted in the smallest possible form via 0 and 1s. e.g images, sound and texts

Connectivity:

Refers to a program or device's ability to link with other programs and devices. For example, a program that can import data from a wide variety of other programs and can export data in many different formats is said to have good connectivity

Synergy:

how a media institution uses products to sell one another (e.g. film and soundtrack and video game).