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[webcomic] Pixel is a webcomic written by Chris Dlugosz, first published on June 14, 2002. It is set in the aptly named "pixel universe", inhabited by pixels, voxels, vectors, plasmas (a satire on the plasma screens used by Apple computers), and polygons. The comic is known for its very lite...
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PIXEL
A color controllable dot on a display screen.
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An element of surface resulting from subdividing an image into the smallest identically shaped figures that give information about the location, intensity and perhaps color of the source, but such that no smaller subdivision will provide more information.
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Pixel
Derived from PIcture ELement. Usually refers to the CCD chip unit picture cell. It comprises a photosensor plus its associated control gates.
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Short for: PICture Element, Pixels are the tiny dots of information that make up a digital image. The more pixels there are on the camera's image sensor (CCD or CMOS) or display?s, the higher the image resolution will be. The higher the resolution, the clearer an enlarged print can be.
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A single picture element of a digital photo. Digital Bitmap images (raster images) use a grid of colours known as pixels to represent images. Each pixel is assigned a specific location and colour value.The whole image would contain millions of individual pixels. (see Image resolution & File size)
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Square dots that represent the smallest units displayed on a computer screen. Typical monitors display between 72 and 96 pixels per inch. Characters and graphics are created by turning pixels on or off.
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Pixel
A picture element of a raster image as displayed on a screen or raster plot.
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[n] - (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)
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PIXEL
Picture Element
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Pixel
Picture element. The smallest unit (point) of an image displayed on screen. The quality of an image depends on the number of pixels per inch that make up the image.
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Abbreviation of Picture Element. The smallest element (or dot) on a display. The closer the spacing of the pixels, the higher the resolution and the sharper the image.
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(Digital cameras and photo printers) The pixel is the smallest element of a raster display or digital image and contains information about intensity and colour. A pixel can be either square or rectangular. Generally, monitors or ink-jet prints consist of pixels with up to 256 dots per colour. Excep...
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pixel
bitmap images are composed of tiny (usually square) elements called pixels, much like the dots of a half-tone newspaper photograph
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Pixel
Short for picture element. The smallest element of a raster display represented as a point with specified color and intensity.
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Short for Picture Element, each 'dot' element of an image is a pixel. Each pixel has a luminance, and may have colour attributes. Typically represented as:- 1 bit: Full On, or Off. Usually, but not always, 0 is dark and 1 is light). 4 and 8 bit: Selects from a 16 or 256 bit 'palette' of arbitrary co...
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Pixel
a tiny point of light and colour which is the smallest picture element in a video or computer image - the more pixels making up the image, the better the resolution
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Pixel
One picture element or one sample of digital picture information.
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Picture Element. A dot of light that is the smallest part of the visual image on a monitor. The number of pixels depends on the resolution setting of the monitor.
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Pixel
Short for Pixel Element - the basic element or fundamental building block of a bitmapped image. It is a colored tile which, when displayed in a mosaic of thousands or millions of other pixels, comprises a digital image.
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pixel
This is short for 'picture element' and basically means one individual dot on the screen. Some old-fashioned people may call it a 'pel'.
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Pixel
Short for picture element, a dot made by a computer, scanner or other digital device. Also called pel.
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Pixel
PIX (picture) ELement. A single square on the computer screen that, when combined with other pixels make an image.
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A unit of measurement for graphics or monitor resolution. A pixel is one dot on a computer screen. Most computer monitors are set to a resolution of 800 x 600, meaning 800 pixels wide by 600 pixels high.
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Pixel
Single picture element of a detection device. See also: Picture.
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