Look up: thumbnail

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   thumbnail
   [n] - the nail of the thumb
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Thumbnail
   (Digital cameras and photo printers) The miniature representation of a digital image that usually serves as a preview function in image editing programs.
   Found on http://www.olympus.co.uk/consumer/208_10
   
   
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   Thumbnail
   Reduced-scale version of a document or graphic. Thumbnail documents permit you to get a better idea of the page-by-page development of your publication. Web site visitors can click on the thumbnail graphic to download the full-sized illustration also the first ideas or sketches of a designer noted down for future reference.
   Found on http://www.britishprint.com/tw/glossary.
   
   
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   thumbnail
   (file format, graphics) (From 'thumbnail sketch') A file format used by Graphics Workshop for Microsoft Windows. Filename extension: '.thn'. [What's in the files?] (1996-05-28)
   Found on http://foldoc.org/
   
   
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   Thumbnail
   A small, low resolution version of a larger image file that is used for quick identification or speedy editing choices.
   Found on http://www.rodsmith.org.uk/photographic%
   
   
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   thumbnail
   noun the nail of the thumb
   Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
   
   
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   Thumbnail
   `Thumbnails` are reduced-size versions of pictures, used to make it easier to scan and recognize them, serving the same role for images as a normal text index does for words. Visual search engines and image-organizing programs normally use them, as can some modern operating systems or desktop environments, such as Windows XP, KDE, and GNOME. Note that while automatic thumbnailers reduce large pictures to a small size, the result may not be a qua...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumbnail
   
   
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   Thumbnail
   A rough, simple, often small sketch used to show the basic layout of an ad.
   Found on http://advertising.utexas.edu/resources/
   
   
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   Thumbnail
   A small, low resolution version of a larger image file that is used for quick identification or speedy editing choices
   Found on http://www.digitalexposure.ca/sub1.html
   
   
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    Thumbnail
    A small version of a photo. Image browsers commonly display thumbnails of photos several or even dozens at a time. In Windows XP's My Pictures, you can view thumbnails of photos in both the Thumbnails and Filmstrip view modes.
    Found on http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using
    
    
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    Thumbnail
    A rough sketch for a layout for a piece of print advertising.
    Found on http://www.ifla.org/VII/s34/pubs/glossar