bitmapping
Drawing with pixels
Bitmapping is representing an image as a grid of pixels, where each pixel stores color or intensity data.
The term describes both the process and the technique: The software uses bitmapping to render text at low resolutions.
Bitmapped graphics scale poorly—enlarging them produces visible pixelation, unlike vector graphics which use mathematical curves.
The approach dominates photography and screen display, where pixel-by-pixel control matters more than scalability.
Smallest display unit
- rasterGrid of pixels
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- ditheringProlonged indecisive hesitation
- scanlineHorizontal display row
monochrome · rendering · palette · sprite · framebuffer · antialiasing · tile · pixelation
Display or barrier
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
- DPINetwork traffic content examination
- PPIDebt repayment coverage
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
refresh · framebuffer · scanline · interlacing · scaling · upsampling · downsampling · resampling
Lossless web graphics format
- GIFAnimated image format
- JPEGLossy photo compression standard
- TIFFRaster graphics specification
- RAWUnaltered sensor output format
lossless · lossy · compression · header · metadata · encoding · decoding · export
Ordered collection or display
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- bufferProtective intermediate space
- allocationDistribution of shares
indexing · binary · byte · addressing · mask · flag · packing · serialization
pixel
Smallest display unit
- rasterGrid of pixels
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- ditheringProlonged indecisive hesitation
scanline · monochrome · rendering · palette · sprite · framebuffer · antialiasing · tile · pixelation · stippling
screen
Display or barrier
resolution · refresh · framebuffer · scanline · interlacing · scaling · upsampling · downsampling · resampling · interpolation
PNG
Lossless web graphics format
RAW · lossless · lossy · compression · header · metadata · encoding · decoding · export · import
array
Ordered collection or display
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- bufferProtective intermediate space
allocation · indexing · binary · byte · addressing · mask · flag · packing · serialization · compact