Words about Graphics and sound: OneLook Thesaurus and Reverse Dictionary

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Concept clusters in the subject Graphics and sound (Top)

3D digital imaging and resolution AI and ML AV recording and playback Abbreviation (2) Abbreviation or acronym Abbreviations (2) Academic degrees Acronyms Acronyms and initialisms Acute Respiratory Diseases Adhesive or binding materials Advertising Alternative advertising Amateur Radio or Ham Radio Annotating Architectural Designing Architecture-related terms Bibliographic format Biometric identification Bits and Bytes Block Blockchain technology Blogging Book or written material Book printing and layout Bookbinding styles Booting a computer Boxes and telecommunication Brief and concise presentation Broadcasting Broadcasting and television CAAP CPU and Assembly Call handling Camera settings and functions Cameras Cameras and camera equipment Card Character encoding Chronometry Cinema and Filmmaking Circuit Design and Analysis Circuit design and components Clickbaiting Clock Clocks and watches Coding Coding or programming Coin-operated machines Combination or assemblage Comic Formats and Styles Communicating Competitive multiplayer gaming Computer Hardware Computer Systems Architecture Computer Systems and Networks Computer components Computer graphics Computer mouse operations Computer programming Computer types/devices Control Flow in programming Creating written content Cryptography Cubing or speedcubing Cultural perceptions of time Cyber lingo Cyber or digital activities Cyber threats Cyber threats and attacks Cyber threats and attacks (2) Cybersecurity Cybersecurity and hacking DJing and music production DJing or Disc Jockeying DM & ML Data Networking Data storage and transfer Data visualization Data visualization (2) Databases Different types of software Digital click tracking Digital communication Digital culture Digital data measurement Digital literacy Digital messaging Digitalized Future Societies Display technology Doctor Documentation or note-taking Drama Duplicating E&SP E-services Early morning (2) Editing and proofreading Electrical Engineering Electrical Hardware Electronic money transfer Email features Emergency services Engineering fields FOSS FPS games Federal Court Jurisdictions File Management and Storage Film classification Film development Font size and measurement Frame GPS Navigation GUI elements Gaming lingo Gaming or role-playing games Graffiti Hacking or computer hacking Hardware and UI Headlines and titles Hierarchy/Organization Holotech Hour Hypermedia or cyberliterature Identification or recognition Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure Intaglio printmaking Interactive Web Elements Internet Communication Internet Connectivity Internet Moderation Internet and Connectivity Internet and Online Activities Internet and Online Activities (2) Journalism Journalism and print media Keeping Records or Journals Keyboards and typing Land surveying and mapping Legal/professional acronyms Link Manipulation Loops and control flow Mail and package bombs Mail and postal services Making and receiving calls Making and receiving calls (2) Measuring or monitoring time Mechanical clocks and watches Media journalism Memeosphere Microsoft Corporation Miniaturization Miniaturization (2) Music tracks and albums NetTech and IP Networking Networking & Protocols Newspaper layout and design Newspaper sections or features Noon or midday Object-Oriented Programming On-air personalities and roles Online Video Content Creation Online chatting Online communication Online communication (2) Online communities Online discussion sites Online jargon and terminology Online shopping and banking Operating Systems Operating systems Organizing or tracking tasks P2P and Proxy Servers Password security Patching Percentage or point Personal identification Photocopying Photography Photography (3) Physical data storage devices Physical data storage devices (2) Physical data storage devices (3) Places where books are stored Portable computing devices Postal Communication Print tech Programming Programming (2) Programming (3) Programming Languages Programming and Coding Programming and algorithms Programming languages Publishing and advertising Puzzles and puzzle-solving Radio Broadcasting Recorded sound Recording and playback devices Recording daily events Roles within that space SEO Satellite communication Satellite technology varieties Scheduling Screenwriting or scriptwriting Scrolling Selfie Sending and Receiving Emails Setting and scene creation Shared or flexible workspace Shorthand systems Signalling Signing or signature Software Automation Features Software design patterns Software development Sound production Source code management Stacking Stage or setting Stamp collecting or philately Stamping or imprinting Stock markets Switches or Switching Devices TV recording Tabulation Tallying Tech enthusiasts or experts Tele-services Telecommunication Telecommunication (2) Telephone numbers and dialing Telephones and Related Devices Testing and iteration Testing or experimentation Text Case and Capitalization Text Layout and Formatting Theatre and drama production Time Time during the night Time management Time measurement Time of day following noon Time slots Time tracking Time zones Timekeeping Tokens and tokenization Track and Tracking Tracking or tracing Transcription or writing Transfer methods in art Tuning Twitter and Tumblr Type Systems Typists and keyboards Typography (2) Typography and typesetting Victory or nobility Video Games Video and audio content Video recording and processing Virtual meetings Virtual work and learning Viruses and genetics Web linking Web programming Websites and Web Development Weight and volume Wikipedia ecosystem Wireless communication Wiretapping and interception Writing Zoom-bombing

This subject index is an experimental OneLook feature. We've grouped words and phrases into thousands of clusters based on a statistical analysis of how they are used in writing. Some of the words and concepts may be vulgar or offensive. The names of the clusters were written automatically and may not precisely describe every word within them.

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Task	Example searches
🔆 Find a word by describing it	barrel maker before the flood museum guide search for food urge to travel what a milliner makes tried twice for the same crime when cancer spreads through the body
🔆 Explore synonyms and related concepts	fancy baseball clouds twisty push industrial revolution
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🔆 Answer basic identification questions	capital of Vietnam longest river in the world original host of Jeopardy
🔆 Solve crossword puzzle clues, or find words if you only know some of the letters. (Use `pattern:description` syntax)	??lon:synthetic fabric s?nt?:christmas lch:fruit ??????:hit c*:board game

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NEW! The comma (,) lets you combine multiple patterns into one. For example, the query ?????,*y* finds 5-letter words that contain a "y" somewhere, such as "happy" and "rhyme".
NEW! Use double-slashes (//) before a group of letters to unscramble them (that is, find anagrams.) For example, the query //soulbeat will find "absolute" and "bales out", and re//teeprsn will find "represent" and "repenters". You can use another double-slash to end the group and put letters you're sure of to the right of it. For example, the query //blabrcs//e will find "scrabble". Question marks can signify unknown letters as usual; for example, //we??? returns 5-letter words that contain a W and an E, such as "water" and "awake".
NEW! A minus sign (-) followed by some letters at the end of a pattern means "exclude these letters". For example, the query sp???-ei finds 5-letter words that start with "sp" but do not contain an "e"or an "i", such as "spoon" and "spray".
NEW! A plus sign (+) followed by some letters at the end of a pattern means "restrict to these letters". For example, the query *+ban finds "banana".
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