2D: An object having height and width, but no depth; a politician, or a photocopy of one.

3D: Has height, width, and depth; a Jacuzzi!

Aliasing: If your screen resolution is too low to display an image correctly, the edges of the image will appear jagged instead of smooth. If your child’s resolution is too low to understand, the parent will appear jagged all over for days.

Bump Mapping: Connecting the dots when your kids have the measles.

Cross-section: A mother’s critical view of a child; i.e.; the eyes look innocent, but beneath it all, she suspects a lie and begins questioning.

Frame rate: the speed of animation. For instance, when a child takes out the garbage the frame rate is very slow. At the mall, the frame rate is way beyond the recommended 30 frames per second required for video.

Image mapping: Applying a 2D object (politician) to the surface of another object (paper); A photocopy of this might be considered a counterfeit.

Morphing: The changing of one 3D shape into another; This is what happens to a mother when she has confirmed the kids eyes were innocent but the lips were lying…

Motion Path: A curved line, or many linked lines, that represent the path an object will travel in animation; This helps to visualize how the scene will appear when Mom takes the car keys away.

It's possible to create a motion path of an image mapped object being exchanged for 3D objects at the mall. At the same time see several parents morph into a variety of different animated objects without anti-aliasing. With children's frame rate increasing in direct proportiong to the location of the nearest toy store, a fourth dimension was discovered - sound. Be aware, all this started with a single Boolean operation…