CH6 : WEB DESIGNING IN TAMIL

• I.FILL IN THE BLANKS
  1. Dravidian 2. India, Singapore, Srilanka 3. System Independent 4. TSCII, TAB 5. INFITT
  
  II.MATCH THE FOLLOWING
  1. Tamil - High literary Value
  2. image Files - Larger in Size
  3. Annai - Tamil Font
  4. Web browser - Netscape Navigator
  5. TSCII - Email and WebPages
  
  III.ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
  1. Why do we need Tamil WebPages?
  We need Tamil WebPages for
  Communication in Tamil .
  Teaching the language and its specialty
  Searching information in Tamil
  2. What are the two methods to create Tamil webpages?
  In a webpage the Tamil text can be displayed in two methods. They are
  (i) Using graphics / image files
  (ii) Using Tamil fonts
  3. Write down the advantages and disadvantages of designing webpages using graphics file method.
  The advantage of using graphics file method is that the graphics displayed on a webpage is system independent.
  The disadvantage of this is larger in size for downloading than plain text files.
  4. Expand INFITT and TSCII.
  INFITT - International Forum for Information Technology in Tamil.
  TSCII - Tamil Standard Code for information interchange.
  5. Explain TSCII and TAB encodings.
  TSCII is widely used all over the world for emails and webpage.
  TAB is used by government of Tamil Nadu.
  These two encodings are recognized by 1NFIIT
  IV.ANSWER THE FOLLOWING IN DETAIL
  1. Explain the two methods of designing a webpage in Tamil.
  In a webpage the Tamil text can be displayed in two methods. They are
  (i) Using graphics / image files
  (ii) Using Tamil fonts
  USING GRAPHICS / IMAGE FILES
  The image files (.jpg or .gif) are created using any of the graphic software in combination with Tamil fonts.
  The advantage of using graphics file method is that the graphics displayed on a webpage is system independent.
  The disadvantage of this is larger in size for downloading than plain text files.
  USING TAMIL FONTS
  In this method, we use system installed fonts to display Tamil text.
  The minimum requirement is that the appropriate Tamil fonts are installed in local system.
  There are two standard encoding for Tamil,
  TSCII is widely used all over the world for emails and webpage.
  TAB is used by government of Tamil Nadu.
  These two encodings are recognized by INFIIT

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