ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Inter frame

Okay kiddo, let's imagine you're watching a movie. This movie is made up of lots of different pictures, one after another. These pictures are called frames.

Now, sometimes in the movie, things move around or change. For example, maybe a character walks across the screen or a car drives by. In order to show these changes from one frame to the next, the movie uses something called inter-frame.

Inter-frame is kinda like magic - it helps the movie show movement without having to create a new frame for every little change. Instead, it looks at the differences between the two frames and figures out what's new or different. Then, it only shows those changes to make it look like things are moving smoothly.

Think of it like a flipbook. You draw a picture on one page, then on the next page you only change a little bit of it. Flip through the book really fast and it looks like the picture is moving. Inter-frame works the same way, except it happens super fast so we don't even notice it's happening.

So next time you're watching a movie and notice things moving around smoothly, you'll know that inter-frame is working its magic behind the scenes. Cool, huh?
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