Screen Recording Glossary

Every term you'll encounter when choosing, configuring, or using screen recording software — defined with examples and tool context.

Capture / Encoding

Lossless Recording
Recording your screen at full quality with no compression artifacts — producing larger files that preserve every pixel for editing.
Screen Capture
The process of recording everything displayed on your screen as a video file or image.
Video Compression
The process of reducing screen recording file size using a codec — H.264, H.265, or AV1 — while preserving acceptable quality.

Editing / Post-Production

Screen Annotation
Visual markers — arrows, highlights, callout boxes, zoom circles — added to a screen recording to direct viewer attention.

Sharing / Workspace

Async Video
A pre-recorded video message shared via link, watched by the recipient at their own time — the opposite of a live call.